Notes from the Gallery
A monthly review of the absurdities of the main geopolitical news trends around the world, mostly from the UK perspective, and mostly in terms of how this affects businesses and society.
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…June 2024
With a general election campaign in full swing, most British people have spent June dreaming of a better future, which mostly involves avoiding the news reports.
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…May 2024
May has been dominated by elections, in India, Taiwan, South Africa and the EU. Britain started the month with local and mayoral elections, which gave everyone the chance to give the government a good kicking at the ballot box.
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…April 2024
Once again, events in the Middle East have dominated the news, both at home and abroad. Trump is in court, while the climate, China and NATO are all in the news, along with Rishi Sunak’s shoes…
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…March 2024
March started with George Galloway’s return to Parliament, having won the Rochdale by-election. This prompted Rishi Sunak, who inexplicably is still prime minister, to give an impromptu speech about the dangers of extremism…
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…February 2024
The year of the Dragon has kicked off with the Chinese new year having started this month.
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…January 2024
In any normal year January would be cold and wintry but this January has turned out to be much hotter than usual, but not in a good way.
Nessan Cleary 