Japanese prime minister Sane Takaichi, leader of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won a landslide victory  in a snap election earlier this month. Takaichi’s conservative agenda, focusing on immigration, growth-first policies to boost productivity, and a desire to achieve “strategic autonomy” by amending Japan’s constitutional pacifist obligations, seems to have won the trust of voters. The LDP-led coalition won an enormous two-thirds majority, totalling 352 sea

The UK hosts one of Europe's largest data centre markets, with facilities clustered around London, and emerging hubs in Manchester, Leeds, Wales, and Scotland. The UK’s biggest data centre today runs at 120 MW. The AI centres now being planned will start at 500 MW and could  reach a gigawatt: enough to power a city the size of Liverpool. The UK is the world's third-largest AI market, but before it can train the models, it must first find the electricity, and that search is pr

Initially our God-given rulers, now crowned the Head of State. Is the monarchy on the path of no return? This long-debated question has come to light once more following the recent arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Careful consideration into the benefits of the British monarchy is vital, and reveals that their economic and political uses are endlessly complex, but ultimately not a bad thing.   Deciding if the monarchy is economically worthwhile has always been difficult,

Racism in British media has become so embedded and routine that it increasingly passes without meaningful challenge. While overt slurs are rare, the underlying narratives (fear of the “other,” suspicion of immigrants, and the framing of minority communities as social threats), run deep. Recent controversies, including the comments made by Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, illustrate how racialised rhetoric is not only tolerated but amplified across mainstream plat