by H.E. Ambassador Leigh Turner This blog article is republished without any modification from https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/author/leighturner/ by courtesy of the author. “My boy is back. Thanks for all the hard work that helped make this happen!” The tweet sent late morning on 4 April 2020 shows two happy faces. Father and son reunited again in the ... Weiterlesen >
Is Brexit Done?! Written by Colin Munro Summary From a British (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) perspective, Brexit will not only make the country poorer and less secure, it may also accelerate the breakup of a hitherto exceptionally successful multinational state. However, neither the negative consequences of Brexit, ... Weiterlesen >
Racism as a Permissible “Dimension” For a Better Understanding of the Nature of what was once the Greatest Regulatory Power for the Far East and West by Wolfgang Geissler In the wake of the emotional afterglow of Anglophilia following my stay in England the year before, my father presented me at Christmas 1960 ... Weiterlesen >
Referenzierend auf die teilweise geschlossenen Flügel des Wr. Neustädter Altars im Hohen Dom zu St. Stephan, vor dem sich die Boardmember der Austro-British Society am späten Nachmittag des 9. März 2021 zusammengefunden hatten, wies Dompfarrer Toni Faber in seiner Gedenkansprache auf die dunklen Seiten des Lebens hin. Wenn das Leben geliebter und geschätzter Menschen ... Weiterlesen >
An additional perspective to last week’s blog by Colin A. Munro Ian Murdoch’s reminiscences about English football prompt me to add a Scottish perspective. Let me start with the late great Bill Shankly, one of Liverpool’s most successful managers. The full flavour of his observations is only obtained by listening to his gravel ... Weiterlesen >
Journey’s End? by Ian Murdoch From Then.... My first encounter with English professional football was when I went to a League Division One (as it was then called - the forerunner of today's Premier League) fixture in the early 1960's. I went with my father and uncle on a wet autumn afternoon, stood ... Weiterlesen >
Maybe we made mistakes by Melanie Sully When I was a child television was in its infancy. It occupied an obscure part of the room looking like a piece of furniture and was tentatively opened out of a cupboard for a few hours a day. In between watching the Lone Ranger and Tonto ... Weiterlesen >
Its status and actual challenges by Colin A. Munro The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a constitutional monarchy, without a written constitution. Queen Elisabeth has been on the throne since 1952. The first Elisabeth, Queen of England and Ireland, was succeeded by the son of Mary, Queen of ... Weiterlesen >
Curse or Blessing? by Ian Murdoch From loyalty coins…. Private currencies have existed for a long time. Driven by the wish of a small circle of people for exclusivity (= to belong to a select circle), for a mutually shared trust and for a simple method of operation, their roots can be traced ... Weiterlesen >
THE UK-EU TRADE AND CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT 2020 Written by SENIOR EUROPEAN EXPERTS, LONDON, abbreviated by Alexander Christiani INTRODUCTION On Christmas Eve 2020, the UK and the EU negotiators reached political agreement on the text of the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA).1 This agreement, which provides for tariff and quota free trade ... Weiterlesen >
