British political leaders have been missing just when their people need them most. As the financial crisis in Eurozone and the US wiped billions off the London stock market, Prime Minister David Cameron was holidaying in Italy and finance minister George Osborne was in the US. Read more

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Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 12:29 am
Filed under London, UK · Tagged David Cameron, dipankar de sarkar, Eurozone, finance, George Osborne, London stock market, Theresa May, Tottenham, US, world economy
David Cameron’s in a pickle – again – over British overseas aid to India. India has a space programme and nuclear weapons, the complaint goes, so why can’t it spend money on its own poor? Read more

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Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, June 6, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Filed under UK · Tagged 10 Downing Street, Birmingham City Council, David Cameron, George Osborne, hindustan times, James Clappison, manmohan singh, news, nuclear weapons, overseas aid, space programme