The Chinese are complaining of Indian incursion into ‘Chinese territory’ this week. Awwww….bless.
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2nd Feb 2026 | Updated at 09:05pm 2nd Feb 2026
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The UK India Tech Exchange
- 13 Mar 2024
On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: This Is India’s Sparta – Karamsad
- 14 Feb 2024
Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for.
- 20 Jun 2017
In 1995 I worked for a US Congressman. He is still in the US Congress. His name is Eliot Engel. One of my jobs was to collect the signatures of the other Senators and Congressman who supported one of his Resolutions put before Congress and letters...
An Indian Bollywood actress met the PM of India. She wore a knee-length skirt. The anger this unleashed broke the internet.
‘More Money Monthly’ could be a mantra for the ‘JAMs’ the ‘just about managing’.
The world of politics is not the only place I am sure. But the hanger-on or ‘chamcha’ is proliferating. I am not sure if this is because of social media, but this is the person who bows double in front of people they perceive important. I don’t...
Who will make you better off? Conservatives, Labour, Coalition, me?
It happens to the best of us. Nothing we do seems to be right
Not since Michael Foot, could an election be so one-sided. But still complacency is always a danger for the presumptive victor.
Dear Barry Gardiner,
Donald Trump doubtless sees a strong dollar as a great sign of masculinity and a great America. When the UK voted to leave the EU, GBP fell sharply and much forecasting was done about the end of the world. But what now? What about the election?
