Andrew Whitehead

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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...

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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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  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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  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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  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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  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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  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.