Opinion

Emily Loud, from the Wonder Foundation, discusses integration in modern Britain  Immigration and the challenges of community integration scarcely leave the news these days, and everyone seems to have an opinion on how or why it should be achieved. Most recently it was Labour’s Chuka Umunna's turn to weigh in. Across the grandstanding from various ends of the political spectrum, one thing is consistent – the burden of action is almost always placed exclusively on the group of immigrants in...

By Marcus Hendriks Dubai’s sky-line is a mixture of architecturally pioneering skyscrapers and cranes. This juxtaposition of present achievements and unfulfilled ambition does more than just evoke admiration; it is a tangible demonstration of the Emir’s vision for the emirate. Having now had 15 years of implementation, challenges posed by the current oil slump provide an opportune moment to assess whether Sheikh Mohammed’s vision of a diversified, flourishing economy, is being realised. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s determination to catch...

Last week Jeremy Corbyn delivered his second keynote speech as the leader of the Labour party at its annual conference. He did so after being re-elected as leader, with increased support and a stronger mandate from the party membership. It was a speech that received loud applause from many in the audience and at home, a speech which was seen as strong, unifying and definitive, delivered in a difficult time for the party. It was no doubt delivered exactly how...

Last night I was at a dinner party in Stoke Newington, at a friend’s plush house I could only dream of ever owning. It was a lovely evening, and dare I say it…very middle class. I was the most common attendee by far, which I clung onto as we drank £40 bottles of wine. But I guess you don’t have to fight the power every day and sometimes it is nice to spend time with people much richer and successful...

Look at it. Horrifying, right? That eccentric, brazen, cigar smoking, rosy cheeked toff wedged in between two show girls and John McCririck. As harmless as it looks from the outset this picture could well be the face of post-Brexit Britain, and I for one want to get off. It’s like a bad dream. New bookie moves into Mayfair and invites a Conservative’s wet dream along to cut the ribbon and sip bubbles as the rest of the UK figures out...

I’m 35 and I’m constantly skint, and I have been to university, got a masters etc etc. I should be part of the golden generation in a developed nation; five holidays a year, penthouse on the Thames, Gucci nightwear. I don’t have any of these things, I don’t think I actually want the posh PJs though to be fair. So news that people in their early 30’s (I’m counting myself as early 30s, I don’t care what you say) have...

Millions face financial ruin to afford surgery. Mercy Ships is helping to implement the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in Africa. Lea Milligan, Executive Director of Mercy Ships UK, knows such projects will mean the difference between a life of poverty and a life with hope. Mercy Ships is an international charity, running a state of the art hospital ship which offers free medical care and humanitarian aid to some of the world’s poorest people. Since the charity’s creation in 1978...

By Ali Ryland Today is World School Milk Day, a day to celebrate and raise awareness of free and subsidised school milk programmes, which exist in over 34 countries across the world. Unsurprisingly, none of these schemes include alternatives to dairy milk. This was quite understandable 70 years ago when Britain passed the School Milk Act, mandating free school milk for all children under the age of 18: it was a time of rationing, there were limited viable plant-based options...

In a recent article for The London Economic, Robert Owens challenged readers that if they thought Jeremy Corbyn was a loser, they had probably been brainwashed. Basically, the point of the article was that Jeremy is a hard-working MP who works very hard for social justice but since he threatens the privileges of billionaire newspaper owners, those newspaper barons have drenched the public in negative propaganda. Without this propaganda, Robert claims, we would have a much more favourable view of...