Stephen Vines

4 weeks ago | stephenvines.substack.com | Stephen Vines

Why is Keir Starmer channelling Enoch Powell Unbelievably it’s come to this where people are asking whether Sir Keir Starmer, a Labour Prime Minister, is echoing the sentiments of a deceased extreme right wing politician whose rabid rhetoric propelled racist gangs onto the streets . Sir Keir is named after Labour’s founder Keir Hardy.

4 weeks ago | tandfonline.com | Stephen Vines

Advanced search The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/00358533.2025.2504592?needAccess=true "A new documentary history of Hong Kong 1945–1997." The Round Table, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Log in via your institution Access through your institution Log in to Taylor & Francis Online...

Aug 1, 2023 | stephenvines.substack.com | Stephen Vines

A palpable sigh of relief has pulsated through the British nation now that Coutts Bank has decided  to unclose Nigel Farage’s bank account. Yet hardly any attention has been paid to a rather more substantial bank scandal involving HSBC, Britain’s biggest bank. But first and reluctantly, let’s recap on this affront to an upstanding citizen which must be grave of national importance because why else would no lesser or smaller person than the Prime Minister have got involved?

May 20, 2023 | hongkongfp.com | Stephen Vines