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BRICS and the Rapidly Shifting Balance of Power
As the global balance of power continues to shift at lightning speed in 2024, the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, presents another...
Devin O'Sullivan
Nov 1, 20244 min read


The US Dockworkers’ Strike Exemplifies a Broken American Political Economy
Many Americans heaved a sigh of relief earlier this month, after the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a union...
Abhay Venkitaraman
Oct 29, 20244 min read


Javier Milei’s Chainsaw Politics Is Just More Of The Same For Argentina
In Argentine politics, the script is grimly predictable. A populist leader sweeps into power, inflation bites at real wages, and living...
Jack Rowlett
Oct 24, 20244 min read


Labour’s VAT on Private Schools: A Necessary Measure or the Politics of Envy?
On the 13th of June, Labour launched their manifesto. Alongside core pledges such as the launch of Great British Energy (GB Energy), was...
Awadallah Abdalla
Oct 23, 20243 min read


The Battle for Korea Zinc
We are all too familiar with family feuds. If you grew up playing sports, you may be familiar with feuding with a competitor. It begins...
Louis Gilmore
Oct 17, 20243 min read


The EU is Leading and Brexit Britain Must Follow
The EU has taken a decision to impose new and extreme tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. EU members backed a plan to increase...
Harry Ollington
Oct 15, 20244 min read


Could Labour be More Contradictory, or Wrong, on the Economy?
They really did take us for fools. Labour have lied to millions of voters (albeit to millions of voters less than in 2017 and 2019), as nigh on every soundbite delivered during the 2024 election campaign can now be classed as a fabrication. The difference in the rhetoric of Labour now, and Labour then, is stark. Perhaps government actually is quite hard. Yet the economic decisions of this Labour government are not necessary, nor inevitable. The choices that have been made are
Chris Bean
Oct 12, 20243 min read


Are Labour Going to Increase Taxes?
With only two months left of 2024, Spotify Wrapped is just around the corner. I wonder what Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ top song...
Dan Sillett
Oct 11, 20244 min read


With the winter fuel allowance gone, Reeves should abolish free bus passes next
Ending the winter fuel allowance for pensioners has proved to be a very unpopular decision. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is right to have...
Charles Amos
Oct 10, 20243 min read


British parochialism and the true Europe - a response to Ethan Harvey
One of the key elements of British conservative intellectuals and policymakers is their lack of understanding of European political...
Jokin de Carlos Sola
Oct 9, 20246 min read


Plasters for Severed Legs: A Guide to Britain’s Political Economy
‘ Change ’ cried Starmer at his post-election acceptance speech, as the country tentatively awaited the new government’s solutions for an...
Andres De Miguel
Oct 8, 20243 min read


A match made in heaven? How dating apps are contributing to income inequality
How couples meet has fundamentally changed over the past 10 years with the advent of online dating. In 1998, roughly 2% of couples met...
Beatrice Learmouth
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Why and Where the Youth Vote Far-Right
The stereotypical cultural ideal of a right-wing voter resembles that of an individual susceptible to fear of change, and who internalise...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 30, 20244 min read


Draghi's miserable myopia
In its quest to integrate countries across Europe, the European Union has reached a critical juncture. Its future as a regional...
Ethan Harvey
Sep 29, 20245 min read


The EU’s Green-Growth Conundrum
In a geopolitical landscape that is still struggling to accept the sacrifices it must make to preserve the climate, the European...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 23, 20243 min read


The Myth of ‘Sustainable Development’
Climate change is real , yet the question of how to properly tackle the planetary-scale crisis must be reconciled with the political and...
Andres De Miguel
Sep 16, 20243 min read


Winter Fuel Payment Cut: Labour Leaves Pensioners Out in the Cold
Labour have voted to cut Winter Fuel Payments for around 10 million pensioners in Britain. For many, this is quite literally as severe as...
Dan Sillett
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Starmer's Sordid Smokescreen
Welcome to Starmer’s United Kingdom - welcome to the Nanny State. In a land where social media posts can see you receive years in jail ,...
Will Kingston-Cox
Aug 30, 20243 min read


Labour's tax rise dilemma. Is it a cause for concern?
As the Chancellor's autumn budget approaches, there is growing anticipation surrounding the state of British infrastructure. The Guardian...
Omar Khram
Aug 25, 20243 min read


Trump: Former critic of crypto, now a champion of it?
Former President Donald Trump, who was unironically lauded as a staunch opposer of crypto, having referred to them as highly volatile...
Omar Khram
Aug 19, 20243 min read
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