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The article discusses about a trade war-like situation between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) over the Northern Ireland Protocol. Topics include the impact of Brexit on the Irish border; Dublin's celebration of the centenary of the 1916 Rising against the British with nasty jingoism, and the impossibility of any swift resolution of the Northern Irish protocol is probably impossible given the widespread distrust of Boris Johnson and the EU's hostility to Britain.

The article discusses political, economic and foreign policy of Great Britain. Topics include leadership of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson; the government's decision to afford China's state-linked telco Huawei access to the non-core peripheral parts of the nation's telecom networks; and challenges to the government towards its future economic, competition and security interests. It also discusses the impact of the Brexit and benefits of trade deals across the Asia Pacific to the nation.

The article focuses on Great Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to break his manifesto pledge not to raise taxes in order to fund another cash payment to the struggling National Health Service (NHS). It mentions government entitlement program for social care in old age and promise not to raise national insurance contributions is already hurting Boris seriously. It also mentions Boris should especially recall the penalty suffered by Theresa May for reneging on her Brexit promise.

The article reports on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic outbreak on Great Britain. It mentions about the efforts of Prime Minister Boris Johnson in handling the pandemic itself means choosing the right balance between a policy that accepts deaths from the virus and one that accepts deaths from economic distress. It also informs on Brexit transition focusing on leaving the European Union without a free-trade deal.

The article discusses British Labour Party's members had voted to prevent a no-deal Brexit and arguably to delay any kind of Brexit indefinitely. It mentions that they also voted not to hold a general election that would resolve the battle over Brexit between a disorganised majority of anti-Brexit parties and a pro-Brexit minority Tory government led by Boris Johnson. It mentions that Boris will ditch Democratic Unionist allies to get a soft Brexit through.