The UK officially left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, around 5 years after the Brexit referendum of 2016. The broad consensus surrounding Brexit is that it will have many short term costs, let’s explore this view and have a look at what some of the recent studies show. Brexit has reduced trade, […]
The Winter of Discontent was a phrase first used by some British newspapers and politicians to describe the winter of 1978-79 in Britain, when there were many strikes and economic problems. It was used to suggest that people were not happy with the way the Labour government was running the country. The same phrase is […]
Covid-19 strikes again, except this time I’m talking about Marcus Rashford and the battle to feed children during school holidays. Marcus Rashford seems to be a name in the media lately and there’s no need to question why. As schools were forced to shut at the start of this year, Marcus set himself the task […]
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