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Ties with Kabul

‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan), at the crossroads of civilisations.

Benighted Statistics

Around 150 years ago, British PM Benjamin Disraeli said: “There are three types of lies ~ lies, damn lies, and statistics” ~ a statement as true today as it was the day it was made. A recent example would suffice.

Time for Reform

The landslide victory for new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party in the UK elections has once again underscored the flaws inherent in Britain’s first-past-the-post (FPTP) electoral system.