The internal fall-out over Sunak s Net Zero U-turn and Truss’ admission that her own party didn’t buy her tax cuts, tells us everything about the current state of a deeply divided Conservative party, where different factions, with their own ideologies, motives, followers, and agendas, will be vying to take grip of the party, post-general election.
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The success of India s Chandrayaan-3 mission to the Moon has ignited a debate over foreign aid between the UK and India. Journalist Sophie Corcoran suggested that the UK should reconsider aid to India due to its advanced space program, while news presenter Patrick Christys called for India to return the £2.3 billion in foreign aid provided by Britain. The debate intensified when Indian social media users referenced a report revealing that the British Raj extracted £9.2 trillion from India during colonial rule, leading to humorous suggestions of repayment. The phrase 45 Trillion gained traction on social media in relation to the debate.
The figure of '45 trillion' first came to limelight after a research done by economist Utsa Patnaik claimed that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938.