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European Leaders to Hold Emergency Ukraine Summit in Paris
European leaders are poised to convene an emergency summit in Paris on Monday, 17 February 2025, to deliberate on the ongoing conflict in...

Europinion
Feb 162 min read


Seeing Through The Red Mist: Do MPs Shout For The Sake Of Shouting?
Seven months on from the UK General Election, I’ve finally calmed down. A bit. Fortunately, the UK has been under one of its...

Dan Sillett
Feb 144 min read


Fiscal Rules and the Government’s Ministry of Truth
In today’s political discourse, it seems the only question worth asking the British government is, ‘how will you pay for that? ’ Several...

Andres De Miguel
Feb 135 min read


Is Kemi Badenoch Already Under Pressure?
As the new leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch faces two mammoth tasks. As Leader of the Opposition, she must mount an...

Xavier Fletcher
Feb 94 min read


Top Trumps
Who should be lucky enough to be top in the President-elect’s contact list? Spoiler Alert: It’s not Britain. ‘Keir Starmer snubbed by not...

Eliot Lord
Feb 43 min read


Ring The Changes Or The Bells Will Toll For Thee
Forget New Year’s Resolutions this year. 2025 will be about survival for many. As we continue to navigate the ongoing charade of Brexit...

Eliot Lord
Jan 283 min read


Artificial Intelligence - Britain’s First Concrete Brexit Benefit
Growth elusive, markets skittish, and polling dire - it has not been the best of starts to the new year for UK Prime Minister Keir...

Jack Rowlett
Jan 274 min read


UK Politics Has A Talent Problem. Blame Devolution.
Illustration by Will Allen It is safe to say that Britain’s political parties have seen no shortage of inept, unserious , and untalented...

Will Allen
Jan 244 min read


Skeletons in Labour’s Cupboard: Austerity Looms Over Britain
A government has never been more hypocritical and enraging than Keir Starmer’s Labour government. Promise after promise has been broken....

Dan Sillett
Jan 153 min read


Elon Musk v Britain: A Political Tsunami Begins
Elon Musk hasn’t just waded into British politics – he’s caused a political tsunami. Eyebrows were first raised when Musk met with Reform...

Dan Sillett
Jan 124 min read


Silly Season
We’re fast approaching silly season , that time of year when the politicians all go on their jolly hollybobs and forget about their...

Eliot Lord
Dec 25, 20243 min read


Election Petition Piles Pressure on Starmer
A rapidly growing petition demanding a new general election has garnered over 2.5 million signatures, intensifying pressure on Prime...

Europinion
Nov 26, 20242 min read


John Prescott: The Politician Who Pulled No Punches
I like rediscovering remarkable things. More often than not, this happens with songs that have been buried at the bottom of my Spotify...

Dan Sillett
Nov 22, 20244 min read


20,000 Farmers Protest in Westminster Over 'Farm' Tax
Around 20,000 farmers and their families marched through Westminster on Tuesday to protest against Labour’s 'farm' tax The farm tax,...

Europinion
Nov 19, 20241 min read


Can Blairite Veterans Mend the Special Relationship?
The UK is at a pivotal juncture. Keir Starmer’s Government is ushering in several ‘New Labour’ personnel, a move that harkens back to the...

Louis Gilmore
Nov 13, 20243 min read


Starmer and Macron 'support Ukraine unwaveringly'
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have today pledged to 'support Ukraine unwaveringly' for as long as necessary to 'thwart Russia's war of...

Europinion
Nov 11, 20241 min read


The Government’s Bus Fare Cap Rise is a Step in the Wrong Direction
Beyond the minutiae of policy announcements and elaborate charts, Budgets represent much more. They provide an opportunity for...

Abhay Venkitaraman
Nov 2, 20244 min read


The LinkedIn Post That Killed The Special Relationship
Only Keir Starmer’s Labour Government could kill off the UK’s most trusted friendship with a LinkedIn post. Read that again. You probably...

Dan Sillett
Oct 25, 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


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
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