Sunder Katwala

1 week ago | easterneye.biz | Sunder Katwala |Amit Roy

The immigration white paper has been delayed to after the May local elections. The delay is sensible, as US president Donald Trump’s tariff games make economic conditions less predictable than ever, but necessary too. UK government ministers know how they want to talk about immigration – that control matters – but are torn about what policies that leads to. There are real dilemmas of control.

1 month ago | easterneye.biz | Sunder Katwala |Amit Roy

“MY POLITICAL journey was so quick,” former prime minister Rishi Sunak told Nick Robinson during a two-hour BBC podcast on his lessons from Downing Street. Sunak’s meteoric rise and demise makes him a former prime minister at 44. Was it too much, too young? Did he make a mistake in grabbing a couple of years as prime minister after the implosion of Liz Truss?

2 months ago | easterneye.biz | Sunder Katwala |Amit Roy

HOW long should you live in Britain before you can become British? Most people think that five years is about the right length of time to take up citizenship. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch now says that seems a decade too short – so she proposes that nobody should be able to start a citizenship application until they have lived in this country for at least 15 years. What makes this surprising is that Badenoch herself is a strong example of the migrant as a patriot.

Jan 13, 2025 | easterneye.biz | Sunder Katwala

Donald Trump’s second inauguration as America's President next week is the sequel that few of us here wanted to see. Trump was the democratic choice of 50% of America's voters again this time, baffling most people on this side of the Atlantic. We share a common language and many cultural influences, but Britain is not America when it comes to politics. But how confident can we be that Britain will not become as deeply divided as Donald Trump's America?

Jan 6, 2025 | easterneye.biz | Sunder Katwala

How to deal with US president-elect Donald Trump may dominate global politics in 2025. The question generates existential concern in Ukraine, but a sense of opportunity in Moscow and Tel Aviv. India's growing status makes prime minister Narendra Modi’s government less nervous about another Trump era than most. Anxiety about security, trade and diplomacy dominates European capitals. Keir Starmer’s British government will seek as much ‘business as usual’ as possible in such volatile times.