By Yoohyun Son The socio-political climate in the UK has been turbulent, to say the least. On Tuesday 25 October, Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister in the space of two months. It is as though the public is spectating some kind of relay race, in which the baton is being passed from one…
Category: The United Kingdom
Taking a gamble on playing it safe: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
By Mark Connolly With all the grace of a bus crashing through a wall, the United Kingdom has been thrust into yet another political era – the third one this year, no less. Now-former Prime Minister Liz Truss wasn’t exactly forced out, or at least not in the same manner as Boris Johnson’s unedifying defenestration…
Just Stop Oil: The Fresh Face of Climate Activism
By Annabelle Bower It goes without saying that this week has rapidly spiralled into one of the most chaotic in UK political history. Following the resignation of Britain’s shortest-serving Prime Minister Liz Truss, her 45 days of power and the economic turmoil that persists has thrown the Conservative party into a state of utter disarray,…
From Empire to Nation: The Death of the Queen and the Road Ahead
By Mark Connolly
A leader in no shape to lead: Johnson’s confidence vote
By Mark Connolly
Financing our Future: Climate Finance
By Hayden Siratt
‘All Politics is Local’: The Increasing Importance of Councils
By Jack Horrigan
State Shrinkflation Looms Again
By Kieran Fowlds
UK Sanctions on Russia’s Energy Sector: Worth the Gamble?
By Anna Brennan
Lessons from afar: Rising energy prices and what we can do about it
By Mark Connolly
The Boy Next Door: Rishi Sunak’s Political Past, Present, and Future
By Jack Horrigan
UK Inequality: Who is footing the bill?
By Anna Brennan
The St Andrews Economist 