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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


Are Reform UK Really Far-Right?
The other week, the BBC was forced to apologise to Reform UK after it labelled the party ‘far-right’ in an article. The broadcaster was...

Benjamin Edgar
Apr 4, 20245 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


The Importance of a United Response in the Red Sea
Iran-backed Houthi rebels, known for their role in Yemen’s brutal civil war, have been attacking ships passing through the Red Sea since...

Paul Ainscough
Feb 27, 20243 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


Corporations Aiding Oligarchs: Undermining The Western Stance on Ukraine
It has recently come to light that Allen & Overy (a British law firm) and Morgan Stanley (an American investment bank) played a part in...

Stella Radojevic
Feb 5, 20243 min read


Ethiopia Looks East For Seapower
Somalia has threatened war with Ethiopia, the landlocked former African kingdom and empire to its West, after the signing of a...

Konstantinos Evangelos Kolokotronis
Jan 31, 20245 min read


In conversation with Natalie Bennett
In the 2015 General Election, Natalie Bennett led the Green Party of England and Wales to their highest-ever vote count, getting more...

Cyrus Larcombe-Moore
Jan 17, 202428 min read


Breaking Ukraine's Stalemate: Why Western Fatigue is an Existential Threat to Kyiv
As the war of attrition between Moscow and Kyiv approaches its second anniversary, international attention continues to wane. Dwindling...

Omar Khram
Jan 4, 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


The UK Welfare System: A Leaking Bucket?
14.4 million people in the United Kingdom are living in poverty, including 4.2 million children, which equates to 1 in 3. These sobering...

Mollie Sinclair
Dec 7, 20233 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
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