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Dan Sillett
2 days ago4 min read
Starmer: A Secret Blue? Labour’s Gutsy Crackdown on Welfare Benefits
Britain isn’t working. And Keir Starmer has launched his masterplan to fix it. So let’s give it a fair grilling. Billions in welfare cuts...


George Wallace
4 days ago4 min read
Labour’s Growth Dilemma: Policies for Progress or Barriers to Business?
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In the Labour Party’s manifesto entitled ‘Change’, Keir Starmer declared that kickstarting economic...


Selene López
Mar 54 min read
The Alternative to the Alternative: Party Politics and the Future of Germany
Germany’s federal election on February 23 reshaped its political landscape. With mainstream parties facing mounting challenges and the...


Jasper Goddard
Feb 273 min read
The Forgotten Importance Of Time In Politics
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion You could be forgiven for thinking we were approaching the end of this Labour government’s term in...


Dan Sillett
Feb 144 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...


Luke Goddard
Feb 34 min read
Why Labour’s Devolution Plan Could Mean Less Power to the People
Last December, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner announced the English Devolution White Paper . It encapsulated Labour’s approach to...


Europinion
Nov 26, 20242 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...


Luke Goddard
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Labour Sentences British Farming to Death
A sea of tweed jackets and flat caps descended on Westminster this week to protest Labour’s new inheritance tax (IHT) policy....

Europinion
Nov 19, 20241 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,...


Abhay Venkitaraman
Nov 2, 20244 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...


Europinion
Oct 31, 20244 min read
2024 UK Budget: Major Tax Overhauls and Spending Boosts
In the first Labour budget for nearly fifteen years, Chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined a £40 billion tax increase alongside significant...


Dan Sillett
Oct 25, 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...


Zoe Wreford
Oct 14, 20245 min read
The Sun Has Set on the British Empire: A Decolonial Perspective on the UK’s Returning of the Chagos Islands
After two long centuries, the sun will finally set on the British Empire . On Thursday 3rd October, it was announced that the UK would...


Nathaniel Delo
Oct 12, 20243 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...


Dan Sillett
Oct 11, 20244 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...


Charles Amos
Oct 10, 20243 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...


Andres De Miguel
Oct 8, 20243 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...


Omar Khram
Oct 5, 20244 min read
Keir Starmer Faces Winter Fuel Revolt Amid Donation Scandal as War Looms in the Middle East
Keir Starmer's leadership has seen turbulent ups and downs. As he continues to scapegoat economic criticisms on the failings of the...


Kara Evans
Oct 2, 20243 min read
The Independent Alliance: A Corbynite Ego Trip or a Gateway for Hope in a Parliament of Despair?
Talks of a Jeremy Corbyn-led alliance in the House of Commons have been circulating since early August as the former Labour Party leader...


Dan Sillett
Sep 27, 20244 min read
Starmer Butchers Labour Conference: The Self-Destructing Silly Sausage
Keir Starmer’s Labour are going to lose the next UK General Election in 2029. I’ve been saying this for weeks and nobody has listened....
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