
Kristian Niemietz: What difference does the size of the state make to how is deals with Covid? None.
If it were the critical factor, Belgium should have been superbly prepared for the pandemic. Alas, it was not.
If it were the critical factor, Belgium should have been superbly prepared for the pandemic. Alas, it was not.
It’s striking that the countries that did best during Covid are those, like Taiwan and South Korea, which live under threat of annihilation by their neighbours.
This is not to say that all of Dodds’ analysis is coherent or correct, but the days of unhinged Corbynite attacks on capitalism are over.
Tonight, a major new report will be launched by the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission, which sheds a light on Xi Jinping’s brutal regime.
We deceived ourselves into thinking that as China grew richer, its political system would become more democratic.
The Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy gives us the chance to act coherently and effectively.
The Coronavirus coverup, assaults on democracy and the appalling genocide of the Uyghur Muslims mean that the world must distance itself from the CCP.
This renaissance could place the UK at the vanguard of the most industries and technologies over the coming decades.
Modest consolidation over decades is one thing; large increases over a Parliament would be quite another.
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom joined the USA in condemning moves to shut down free and fair elections in Hong Kong.
Three million of them are unlikely to pitch up here, but government must plan for all eventualities – and support for its plan wouldn’t survive a mass influx.
The ideas of that decade are still with us, staggering around like a zombie in a garish “Global Hypercolor” t-shirt.
This is 25 times the number of skilled work permits issued each year to non-EU citizens and their dependants.
“I’m very, very positive about China, but I’m very, very negative about the Chinese Communist Party.”
Plus: Trump. Racist, divisive, narcissistic. I can say that – but Johnson can’t. And: the return of the #virtuesignallingtastic Gardiner.