By Morak Babajide-Alabi Continued from last week When Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, announced her planned resignation for June 7, last year, it did not come as a surprise. The world had waited for three years to hear this. May took over the leadership of the Conservative Party in July 2016. At…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi The year 2019 is rolling to an end. In a few days, we will be celebrating the end of a decade that has been full of notable events. Some of the events will go down in history books as landmarks. It has been a decade when unthinkable developments took place. It will be…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi UPDATED December 21, 2109: The news that a financial settlement had been allegedly brokered between the disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein and the many women who accused him of rape and sexual molestation broke last week. This development didn’t take many by surprise. But what shocked several is the fact that…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi The United Kingdom’s 2019 General Election is won and lost. As the results came in, the victorious party became more raucous in celebration. The clever ones among the losers are already laying out strategies on how to win the next election. The results may have come as a surprise to political amateurs,…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi Today, the British people (and all Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK) go to the polls to elect new representatives and also a Prime Minister to steer their affairs for the next five years. It is an election called by the incumbent Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to break the deadlock from the…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi Continued from last week. The taxi finally rolled to a stop. The driver turned around. With a broad smile, he said: “We don reach o (meaning: We have gotten to the destination.)” I ignored him, as I did not want him to interrupt my trail of thoughts for a few minutes. I…
by Morak Babajide-Alabi “To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see, all this is nothing but to perceive,” by David Hume. I shifted on the sofa, stretched out my legs and adjusted my head to allow a clear breathing passage. I have a few more minutes to waste before I start the arduous…
By Morak Babajide-Alabi You imagine your associations. Those people you closely connect with… the conversations you have… all profoundly influence your thinking and actions. You slowly become the sum of the people closest to you. Choose them wisely…” by Adeila Akoo. There is no better advice for Prince Andrew than this offered in the quote…
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