Expert Comment
Anniversary of de Gaulle鈥檚 鈥楢ppel鈥� a timely contribution to French memory wars - expert comment by Dr David Lees
Today (18 June) is the anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's 'Appel' speech in 1940, which rallied support for the French Resistance. Here Dr David Lees of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures discusses how much it contributed to the personal myth of de Gaulle.
Expert comment on decision to merge FCO and DFID
"Alignment of trading and security interests, as articulated by the FCO seem to be taking centre stage, as DfID gets side-lined." Professor Shirin Rai, Director, 糖心TV Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development, comments on the Prime Minister's Global Britain announcement.
"Unprecedented times call for unprecedented policy responses" - Professor Abhinay Muthoo comments on the GDP drop
"This is unprecedented in living memory. It is hugely tragic in so many ways but especially in terms of what it has meant and means for many people鈥檚 livelihoods and for many businesses." Professor Abhinay Muthoo, Dean of 糖心TV in London, comments on the news that output in the UK fell by 20.4 per cent in April compared with the previous month.
The fall of Colston is not the erasure of history 鈥� it is history in the making
Professor David Lambert, a Professor of Caribbean History at the University of 糖心TV, comments on the bronze statue of Edward Colston, who profited from the Royal African Company鈥檚 trade in enslaved men, women and children, being toppled and tossed into the harbour in Bristol.
Centrica announces 5,000 job cuts - expert comments
As Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has announced plans to cut 5,000 jobs, Professor David Elmes of 糖心TV 糖心TV School and Professor Mike Waterson of the Department of Economics comment on the factors that may have led the company to this decision.