India has been knocked out of the ICC Cricket World Cup after their batting side collapsed on just 221 runs. which was 18 runs short of the target set by New Zealand. A great majority of cricket fans had predicted that India would win because it was thought to be the favourite team in this […]
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Terrible weather at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester forced the suspension of the first semi-final match yesterday. Due to the persistence of rain, the match had to be stopped during New Zealand’s inning at 46.1 Overs, with 3.5 Overs still remaining of their inning. When the cricket match resumes today at 10:30 (BST), […]
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Mohammed Amin has certainly done justice to Elie Wiesel’s call to “take sides”. In the Conservative leadership race, he has vehemently articulated his opposition to Boris Johnson; and, in the ongoing Brexit chaos he unequivocally backed a party that supports remaining in the EU. However, this came at a price because the Conservative Party is […]
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After 43 One Day Internationals in England and Wales, the teams for the semi-final stage of the ICC Cricket World Cup have been decided. Based on the points table, Australia, India, England and New Zealand will definitely move on to the knockout phase of the Cricket World Cup. As illustrated below, Australia are on 14 […]
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Crises exploded in Sudan over a month ago now and after weeks of violence, the West are still relatively lacklustre in their approach to the uprising. Although violence only erupted in the summer of 2019, unrest began to fester as late as December 2018, after president Bashir’s government introduced swathes of austerity measures on the […]
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The Hegelian tsunami of anti-globalist populism that has swept across the Western world in recent years has rendered decades of conventional wisdom redundant and polarised political debate for the first time since the End of History. The French presidential election of 2017 was a near-perfect archetype of what happens when establishment reactions at populist insurgency […]
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And then there were ten. Last night saw the 10 candidates for the Conservative leadership officially confirmed following the closing of nominations, more than two weeks after the prime minister announced her resignation. The first round of voting will take place on Thursday this week after a round of hustings, with candidates required to attain […]
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State visits, whilst a grand occasion, are more an opportunity for the government of the day to further what it views as Britain’s national interest. However, this week’s state visit was more than just a political opportunity, it was a time to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landing and remember all those who […]
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The Indian Army commits human rights violations and transgresses international law with complete impunity in Jammu and Kashmir. This impunity continues to exist since 1989. Some of the human rights violations the India Army commits with impunity include: Unlawful and extrajudicial killings Torture Enforced disappearances The above findings come from Amnesty International’s annual report The […]
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Living in the UK means that we live in a political system based on democracy. But let’s break this down, what exactly is a ‘democracy’? Well, the word democracy comes from the ancient Greek word ‘Demos’ which simply means ‘rule of the citizens’. Now we have come a long way from ancient Greece, however, the […]
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