Tag: England

Is Rishi Sunak English? Prof Eric Kaufmann says yes, by nationality, but not by ethnicity. It's a subject that typically produces more heat than light, but that's because people don't pin down their terms.

England fans filmed singing offensive songs such as '10 German Bombers' face losing their jobs, a leading employment law firm has warned.

If you thought wokery could not get any worse, it just has with Nike's hugely controversial redesign of the England flag for Euro 2024 – blatantly based on the Pride flag, says Jack Watson.

The new Olivia Coleman film Wicked Little Letters pushes the tired genre of cosy English fiction, in which the loony locals need to be saved by a Theresa May-style manager, over the edge of absurdity, says J Sorel.

During all the furious arguments about the cancellation of HS2, why has nobody mentioned the utter stupidity of having high-speed trains in a tiny country like England, asks David Craig.

2022 may have been a record warm year in the U.K., but it was scarcely hotter than 2014 and the 10-year average has been flat for two decades. Storms meanwhile continue their long-term downward trend.

It’s possible that a serious crisis is developing in the NHS, and mortality will remain elevated for some time. However, we’ll only know that once we have the data. At the moment, there’s no reason to panic.

Weekly Podcast host Nick Dixon has written about his highlights of 2022, beginning with Richard Curtis’s moving apology for casting too many white people in Love Actually.

Politics Professor James Alexander has stumbled across an article in the Journal of Soccer Science that explains England’s exit from the World Cup – the ligament damage caused by taking the knee.

The Guardian warns World Cup viewing parties could be super-spreader events: ‘England World Cup success could drive up Covid infections, scientists warn.’ How many ‘scientists’ are saying this? A grand total of two.