All of Brexit’s fastest positive effects have been reversed with the UNturned COVID-19 strike in the UK (“The UK economy is officially in recession after a 20.4% drop in the last quarter,” Gulf News, August 12). Boris Johnson’s efforts to keep the economy afloat, after Brexit and delay the closure of the coronavirus, have already proved counterproductive. Delayed blocking allowed the coronavirus to spread faster and forced a longer blockage at a later level. Thousands of people lost their lives and millions lost their jobs in a matter of months. Even if plants can restart their operations, there will still be a lack of call in the near future. The possible collaboration between the UK and the European Union after Brexit is enormous. Life will not be general until we achieve a level at which foreign air traffic succeeds at a pre-COVID-19 level. But who knows, when it would be.
By Girish R Edathitta
Kerala, India
Sticking to India’s founding values is the right thing to do (“Indians will have to respect the spirit of the Constitution,” Gulf News, January 26). But at the same time, we’ll have to see if those values have helped the majority in India, in the last 73 years since India’s indefinition. After all, the status of a democracy is done through other people and for others. I’d like to make it clearer that the regulations are for other people’s smarts. Sometimes the 1947 values may differ in the existing context. I like to give an example of my life in Dubai, living here more than 32 years, still as an expat in this country. I live comfortably, with the availability of air, water, ease of mobility and tranquility, intelligent governance and tolerance in this country. India helps to continue to talk about its rights. When will they start living? In the call for founding values and secularism, beyond the governments having ruled India for more than 73 years, however, they have never constanted the emissions that feed on our resources, and we have acquired it from our 1947 Indian department, as special rights for Kashmir and Ayodhya. . All our power is true to unproductive things and political gains. All parties use these disputes for their profits and vote for the banks. When conflicts are over, there will be commitments to stakeholders, which are only temporary. Citizens like me want peace, while political parties will never show the right values of their actions. Instead, they cause our minds about minor violations of rights. The United Arab Emirates has taught me that a nonviolent life is. What India wants is courageous leadership, unconventional thinking with a strong conviction for public welfare. We want a broader interpretation of constitutional rights with an express purpose of resolving (rather than aggravating) disorders and making India a non-violent position to live in the long term. India wants a moment of freedom, the clutches of political mismanagement.
By Mr. Thomas NG
United Arab Emirates
It makes no sense for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to try to announce the expansion of tourism in Zimbabwe when he opened a five-star hotel at Victoria Falls on August 6, 2020 (“How Nations Enjoy The Gold of Zimbabwe’s Blood,” Gulf News, May 26, 2020. ). No practical tourist will stop in Zimbabwe, where there is an escalation of human rights violations, unavailability of money and currency, anarchy and a deeply corrupt government. Zimbabwe is not a safe country at this time. Roads are full of potholes, no electricity, no reliable internet services and police are too corrupt. Transport logistics are limited, excessive poverty is visual and political tension is high. How the hell can tourism expand in a country that completely deters any potential tourist? President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to improve infrastructure to attract tourists. The challenge of tourism expansion is now the state of the country, in targeted blatant corruption, arbitrary arrests of activists and opposition members, and flagrant human rights violations. President Mnangagwa has lost his foreign credibility and continues to ruin the country.
By Mr. Kudzai Chikowore
London
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