Tag: Politics

Editorial

  Across the world, people have become less likely to take part in elections in recent decades The high levels of participation in the 2020 US election remind

The test of patriotism must also be applied to government policies and style of governance. Is it patriotic to favour nepotism and appoint the coterie or the party

The contrived spin doctoring blitzkrieg raises even more distrust and interrogations among the people

Whether the population sees an alternative building up depends largely on opposition parties putting their collective efforts into a credible and energized thrust both inside and outside Parliament

  from Britain’s first female philosophy professor

Does our penchant for unfit but charismatic populists trace back to our playground politics?

Analyse

Once in power, populist governments, after a brief honeymoon with the people, have had to resort to totalitarianism to remain in power

Researchers find that the most devoted fans take their team’s defeats personally and often blame losses on the refs or cheating. Sound familiar?

Matters of The Moment

Opinion

Politics is increasingly viewed as being prone to corruption, and another opinion I have come across is that ‘rich countries are morally bankrupt and are ruled by power

We can choose to ape the divisive trends that are shaking some societies violently. Or we consciously decide that we’d rather not shipwreck like the MV Wakashio but

Governments have not been elected to hide things from the people. They must govern in a transparent manner