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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

'Not So Great' Britain

Dissatisfaction with democracy is corrosive
https://www.ft.com/content/9a714114-03bf-4914-a5d2-8592fdb80248
The UK is caught in a vicious downward spiral at a time when it needs bold leadership and imaginative policy
 
The conservative paradox
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/01/conservative-paradox-john-gray
The Tories face electoral oblivion, having failed to grasp that voters look to government for a shield against insecurity. Is a recovery now even possible?
 
India’s business elite sounds alarm over Rolex thefts in London’s Mayfair
https://www.ft.com/content/3467184a-23dc-427c-a1e8-0256b5f0f653
While negotiators in London and New Delhi haggle over a bilateral trade deal, India’s business elite has been raising a very different concern: the fear of being mugged in Mayfair.
David Lammy, shadow foreign secretary, is in the Indian capital for talks on geopolitics and commerce but on Tuesday had his ear bent over the risks of Rolex watch thefts in the British capital.