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Opinion | Rishi Sunak: For Whom Everything That Could Go Wrong, Went Wrong
Sunak has said he will remain an MP and he has denied suggestions that he's planning to move to California, where the family has a home. But his time at the highest echelons of British politics is almost over.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jul 05, 2024 17:46 pm IST
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Opinion | Rishi Sunak: Up The Creek Without A Paddle
Now and again the political tide turns so decisively against an incumbent government that there's little the ruling party can do. It happened a decade ago with the Congress in India, and today, it's UK's Rishi Sunak staring at a crushing wipeout.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Apr 04, 2024 14:47 pm IST
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Opinion: "Smile, Rishi!" Yelled Photographers After New PM's First Speech
Rishi Sunak's first speech as Prime Minister was notable for what it didn't say as much as what it did.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Oct 26, 2022 13:17 pm IST
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Opinion: Rishi Sunak's Second Chance - by Andrew Whitehead
But India should not imagine that a 'desi' in Downing Street will do them any favours. He will be Britain's Prime Minister, not India's.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Oct 21, 2022 21:47 pm IST
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Opinion: Boris Johnson's Unexpectedly Massive Win
Boris Johnson's election gamble has paid off. What he wanted above all was a comfortable majority in parliament - and that he now has. Which means it's just about certain that Johnson will now lead Britain out of the European Union, as he has repeatedly promised, by the end of next month.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Dec 13, 2019 11:17 am IST
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Opinion: What Rahul Gandhi Said To LSE Students - By Andrew Whitehead
Rahul Gandhi chose a meeting with Indian students in London to deliver a clarion call for change in the Congress party, placing blame on its old guard for the 2014 election debacle.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Aug 25, 2018 12:22 pm IST
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Opinion: Why Theresa May Got It All So Terribly Wrong
Britain's election has delivered a topsy-turvy verdict. The result is straight out of Alice in Wonderland. The winner has lost; and the loser has won.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jun 09, 2017 11:07 am IST
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Opinion: As Britain Votes This Week, Is It The End Of Theresa May?
Mrs May has failed to take on board the lesson which her predecessor, David Cameron, learnt the hard way in last year's Europe referendum: never take Britain's voters for granted.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jun 05, 2017 12:22 pm IST
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Opinion: What Westminster Attack Shows About London Police And MPs
The shock in London at yesterday's attack is profound. The loss of life is grievous, and the mowing down of foreign students and visitors as they crossed one of London's most renowned bridges adds to the sense of bewilderment and anger. But it is the target which has caused greatest alarm. An attack on the Houses of Parliament is also an assault on the way that Britai...
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Andrew Whitehead
- Mar 23, 2017 14:57 pm IST
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Opinion: In Chennai, Sasikala Is Viscerally Unpopular
There is a deep anger about the degrading of Tamil political life, where personality trumps policy and the pursuit of power (and personal wealth) blots out serious discussion of how to govern better. And this is more than simply the standard middle-class disdain for "vulgar" politics.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Feb 21, 2017 01:07 am IST
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Opinion: As Theresa May Meets Trump, India Should Watch Closely
India is more comfortable with the US and the UK than with its principal regional rival. It could be in India's interest, paradoxically, to shore up the west in this quiet competition for global primacy.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jan 25, 2017 18:01 pm IST
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Opinion: Nigel Farage's Exit And Political Assassinations After Brexit
Surveying the body-strewn battlefield of British politics, Nigel Farage may well - as you read this - be propping up a pub bar somewhere, with a glass of best bitter, smiling broadly at his handiwork.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jul 05, 2016 10:19 am IST
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Opinion: Why And How Brexit Happened. And Why Cameron Can't Stay On.
London may have to devolve decision-making to the English regions, which resent the capital's affluence andnearstranglehold on political power. And politicians will have to start listening to the people they represent rather than lecturing at them.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jun 24, 2016 11:00 am IST
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Opinion: Priti Patel's Growing Profile In The UK - Why This Is Her Moment
As the daughter of migrants, it is at first glance surprising that she is a staunch supporter of the "Brexit" campaign, which is making a lot of noise about the need to cut sharply the numbers entering the UK.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Jun 06, 2016 10:21 am IST
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Opinion: Map Of Kashmir Creates New Pak-India Stress Point - But It Shouldn't
Maps should be matters of reference, and just as you would never think of rerouting a river or moving a mountain because its presence is inconvenient, there's no good reason why maps reflect political aspiration rather than reality.
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Andrew Whitehead
- May 20, 2016 13:21 pm IST
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Opinion: London's Obama Moment: A Muslim Mayor
After an ill-tempered campaign, with allegations of Islamic extremism flung around like political confetti, Londoners have elected Sadiq Khan, a 45-year-old lawyer, as their new Mayor. He was the Labour party's candidate in a city which tends to lean to the left. And he won comfortably.
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Andrew Whitehead
- May 07, 2016 09:42 am IST
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Opinion: Will Keep Your Gold Safe, Candidates For London Mayor Assure Indians
"Let me tell Sikhs, Hindus, Tamils," the Labour party candidate Sadiq Khan declared at a hustings in central London recently, "your gold will be safe if I am your mayor".
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Andrew Whitehead
- Apr 26, 2016 07:46 am IST
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Opinion: London Point Of View: Give Back Kohinoor? Fat Chance!
So - sorry! This outsize diamond will be staying where it is. Set in a royal crown, and on display to the millions of tourists (not many Brits bother to go there these days) who troop around the Tower of London.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Apr 20, 2016 16:55 pm IST
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Opinion: What Mehbooba In Charge Means For Kashmiri Women
Among the many challenges Mehbooba Mufti faces as Chief Minister is to ease the male dominance of state politics, so that women can achieve more prominence - even those who don't come from Kashmir's dynasties.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Apr 04, 2016 10:33 am IST
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Opinion: Why Tata Steel Means So Much To David Cameron
Saving the steel industry is currently Prime Minister David Cameron's Number One priority.
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Andrew Whitehead
- Apr 01, 2016 12:11 pm IST
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