#UK politics

#UK politics

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Former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik has been appointed chief economic adviser to British prime minister Keir Starmer, the Associated Press reported. An economist by training, Shafik served as president of the London School of Economics before she was tapped to lead Columbia in 2023. She also previously held leadership positions at the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of England.

"they will be picked up by the border force or our volunteers at the RNLI when the border force can't cope". "And now what happens is the French give them all life jackets and when they're picked up by the border force, the border force give the life jackets back to the French so they can re-use them on the next journey," Farage added.

You've got to be where the electorate are, Evans told the Guardian. This is one of the biggest apps that is used across the country and across the word. I think it's right to be there, to be talking to people. And from a party political point of view, if you're crowded out and you're not speaking to people, that space will get filled. Hearing 20% of someone versus nothing from someone else is huge.

Politicians have begun making statements about refugees and migrants that were once considered unacceptable, shifting the language surrounding asylum into more aggressive, polarizing terms.

The letter calls for Parliament to be recalled as well as urgent diplomatic intervention and an end to arms sales to Israel.

Mahmood believes that being British involves a responsibility as well as a right, feeling discontent towards those who violate the laws of the country.