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UK Taxes: The Only Way is Up
Last week, the IFS released a great tool all UK voters should be forced to use. It gives you the chance to be the UK chancellor (not an...
Hugh Lind
May 3, 20243 min read


From Politics to Prudence: The Case for UK Tax-Setting Independence
The United Kingdom’s Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has revealed plans to slash another 2p off national insurance in a pre-election...
Louis Gilmore
Apr 29, 20244 min read


The UK Farming Crisis: Farmers Pay for Others Profits
Agriculture is the foundation of large-scale societies. Everything we take for granted would not be possible without farming. It is not a...
Jack Wilkin
Apr 27, 20245 min read


Labour are Losing the UK's Tax Tug of War
With the dawn of the new tax year on Saturday, the dreaded T-word is on everybody’s lips for different reasons. On one hand, you have the...
Dan Sillett
Apr 12, 20243 min read


UK Universities are on the Brink of Bankruptcy
The UK has always been a world-leader in university education; home to the famous Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London and many...
Benjamin Edgar
Apr 9, 20245 min read


The Cost of Tory Tax 'Cuts'
As the general election looms, our increasingly fatigued and desperate Prime Minister has whipped out the tried and tested, albeit...
Caitlin Hoyland
Apr 6, 20245 min read


UK Waters Full of Sewage: Let’s Flush the Failing Water Companies
Every year in spring, 16 rowers plus two passengers barking orders sprint along the River Thames in London. I’m of course talking about...
Dan Sillett
Apr 5, 20244 min read


The Economy Won’t Save Rishi and the Conservative Party
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Tories are on the verge of an existential defeat. Sam Freedman, a fellow at the Institute for...
Hugh Lind
Apr 1, 20243 min read


UK Budget: Brilliant, Unorthodox Conservatism
On Wednesday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his Spring Budget. Like any budget, that clearly needs analysing – which is my main goal...
Dan Sillett
Mar 8, 20244 min read


Conquest of the Arctic: Defence of the Eagle
The Arctic Circle is undeniably the new battlefront of a 21st century Cold War between West and East. The rise of China as a strategic...
Nikita Triandafillidis
Feb 26, 20244 min read


Conquest of the Arctic: The Expansion of the Polar Bear
With approximately 2.5 million Arctic inhabitants and a land coverage of about 53% of the Arctic coastline, Russia has a strong...
Nikita Triandafillidis
Feb 16, 20245 min read


Taiwan’s Presidential Election: Caught Between China and the Semiconductor Industry
We live in a time of rapidly changing technology and geopolitics. As such, the tech relationships relating to trade, power, and research...
Kashif Anwar
Feb 15, 20244 min read


Repercussions for Slovakia: Criminal Code Change Risks EU Funds and Scare Business
Slovakia may lose EU funding due to changes in criminal legislation, and investors have taken serious notice. On February the 9th, a...
Petra Pavlovicova
Feb 14, 20243 min read


Desperate Dysfunctional Canada: Can Populist Pierre Poilievre Repair the Damage?
Unlike its neighbour to the south, Canada tends to be overlooked, projecting a false sense of political stability, even stagnation....
Nikita Triandafillidis
Jan 9, 20244 min read


European Recession on the Horizon
High-interest rates, low economic growth, fiscal mishaps and enduring inflation: an explosive cocktail is hindering the Eurozone’s...
Adelie Aubin
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Hope On The Horizon for British Youth: Is The Door Reopening For Erasmus+?
Recently, the UK passed the final milestone in rejoining Horizon Europe, the EU's rapidly expanding funding scheme for research and...
Cecilia Jastrzembska
Dec 29, 20234 min read


Chokehold: Are the sanctions on Russia really as effective as the West claims?
Western media and governments are fond of claiming that their dynamic economic sanctions against Russia following the 2022 invasion of...
Lucy Gardner
Dec 5, 20234 min read


Argentina’s Seismic Shift: From Centre-Left Stronghold to Anarcho-Capitalism
In a strange turn, Argentina has voted in their first openly anarcho-capitalist leader, Javier Milei. Milei has become the president of...
Taylor Green
Dec 4, 20234 min read


Russian State Energy: Are things heating up again?
It is well known that in 2022, the majority of exports by state-backed energy giants such as Gazprom and Rosatom were heavily...
Lucy Gardner
Nov 24, 20234 min read


UK Autumn Statement: Running off a cliff with no road to stand on?
When I was young, I loved watching slapstick cartoons: Tom and Jerry, Pink Panther, Looney Tunes, and Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner....
Dan Sillett
Nov 23, 20234 min read
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