This year’s First World War centenary also marks another unusual anniversary – the birth of military operation codenames. This legacy is one with which we continue to live today, but … Read the rest
This year’s First World War centenary also marks another unusual anniversary – the birth of military operation codenames. This legacy is one with which we continue to live today, but … Read the rest
In two recent blog posts in reaction to PEW and Harvard Public Opinion Project reports on Millennials, John Sides warned against equating the millennial generation’s more liberal and Democratic-leaning … Read the rest
In the lead up to the 2010 general election, no one would have dreamed of inviting UKIP leader Nigel Farage to participate in the United Kingdom’s first ever televised leadership … Read the rest
With the din of the Indian election campaign dying away and the refrain of the BJP – “Abki baar, Modi sarkar” (This time, Modi government) – about to … Read the rest
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won an unprecedented victory in India’s sixteenth general election. The scope of its victory ensures that the prime minister apparent, Narendra Modi, will not … Read the rest
So, many pundits (including this one) on India have egg all over their faces. There will never be a single party majority government again, we said. Well, the man … Read the rest
Paint it saffron. “You can write it down” decreed Narendra Modi in Serampore, West Bengal, “After May 16th, these Bangladeshis better be prepared with their bags packed!”. Hinting at the … Read the rest
As India’s mammoth and mind-boggling election draws to a close, the only other member of the one billion population club is paying attention, although not that closely.
China has declared … Read the rest
At 8.05am on 12 May 1994 – exactly 20 years ago – John Smith died during an early morning bath in his Barbican flat. He had suffered a second, massive … Read the rest
Along with corruption, a stagnant economy and high inflation dominate the concerns of voters in the current general election in India. Like voters elsewhere, Indian voters seem likely to vote … Read the rest