David Downing is pursuing a degree in politics from the University of Hull, England. He has interned for Alan Duncan, a Conservative lawmaker who stood for the party leadership in 2005. David has also served as an elected council official in the borough of Melton in northeast Leicestershire.
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Ahead of Referendum, Confusion Over Scottish Oil
England can reasonably lay claim of part of “Scottish” oil and gas reserves.
North Sea oil and gas will likely be one of the most divisive issues in the 2014 referendum on Scotland's independence. Who does it belong to and do they own all of it? The first North Sea oil came ashore in June 1975 and…
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Britain’s Conservatives Prepare for Local Election Losses
Prime Minister David Cameron’s party faces competition from the left and the right.
The next electoral test for Britain's coalition government is unlikely to deliver a verdict on their performance. Instead, the battles to come early next month turn the contest into a bitter warmup for the 2015 general election in the constituencies where the Conservatives…
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“German Europe” Replaces “European Germany” in Crisis
The European Union was designed to contain German power but now it can’t do without.
After all the wrangling and talk, Cyprus swallowed the bitter medicine---a European bailout conditioned on austerity measures, including a tax on bank deposits. Many analysts argue that the small Mediterranean country has been forced to succumb to the will of Germany. There is…
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Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s “Iron Lady,” Dead
Thatcher’s legacy still divides Britons but there’s no question she changed their country.
Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher died in London on Monday at the age of eighty-seven after suffering a stroke. The former Conservative Party's leader's sheer willpower and courage sustained her political ascendancy over male rivals.…
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Would Korean Reunification Cripple the South?
Integrating the North’s economy would be difficult but the South also stands to gain.
North Korea, poor, malnourished, authoritarian, with supposed nuclear capabilities and a new crowned boy leader, is wildly different from its cousin beneath the thirty-eighth parallel. There they grow four inches taller, are workaholics, cyber obsessed users of democracy who lay claim to some of…
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High Speed Rail Not Coming to Britain Fast Enough
The United Kingdom should consider a more comprehensive high speed rail network.
Great Britain, inventor of the railway and home country to Sir Isambard Brunel, is once again taking its time on a proposed high speed rail network, known as HS2 that is meant to connect London with the north of England. Currently,…