There is growing pressure on Britain and other leading members of the Commonwealth to move the venue of the next Commonwealth summit away from Sri Lanka. Read more

British Prime Minister David Cameron wants a new kind of European Union – or, at the very least, a new relationship between Britain and the EU, where there will be a “two-way flow,” powers flowing not just from nations states to Brussels but the reverse too. He is all set to unveil his plans at a speech in the Netherlands on Friday, and Indian diplomats would do well to grab a seat. Read more

The debate over immigrant students is heating up in Britain, following the publication of the latest immigration figures that show a fall in the number of student visas. Overseas students from India, China and other countries from outside the European Union has become a subject of debate because they are included in overall immigration figures. Read more

Britain’s media has rounded on the pair of foolish Australian DJs, almost as a man, in blaming them for the suicide of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha. Strangely – or perhaps not – it hasn’t seen it fit to examine its own role in this appalling tragedy. Read more

The swiftness with which British authorities have moved to arrest and charge suspects following the attack on Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar in London is a reminder that British attitudes towards extremists who indulge in violence have hardened over the years. Read more

One of the problems with the way authorities have handled the London Metropolitan University (LMU) fiasco is the general lack of credible information. Neither the UK Border Agency nor the LMU knows or will let out the exact number of Indians among the 2,600-odd international students who are affected by the decision to revoke LMU’s power to grant student visas. Read more

Governments around the world are having to learn on the hoof how to deal with the impact of social media on law and order. Banning websites is at best a short-term solution. At worst it exposes the government to charges of intolerance and failing to take preventative intelligence-led measures. Read more

The Olympics are supposed to bring together nations and peoples – as also the people of the host nation. For the last three weeks, Britain has become used to calling itself Great Britain, and with good reason: after a hesitant start in the medals tally (when it immediately slipped into the usual grumbling mode), the country has done superbly to finish third after the US and China. Read more

There’s growing talk in Europe about the reported political ambitions of Pascal Lamy, the Frenchman who heads the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO). There are implications for India and BRICS. Read more

Rickie Sehgal, the Indian businessman with Conservative Party links, was in all probability merely boasting when he allegedly told an undercover British reporter he could get him David Cameron’s mobile (cell) phone number if he joined his elite club of South Asian Tory supporters. The price? A mere £10,000 a year, apparently. Read more