Macron’s France offers a political mirror which Starmer’s Labour ignores at its peril. After years of cautious positioning, Labour has stumbled through the opening phase of government, seemingly unaware of a public exhausted by decline and impatient for visible change. Macron began his project with similar ambitions – technocratic renewal through post-tribal politics – but it has collapsed under a failure to deliver significant structural reform, fracturing the political land

Labour is the party of social justice and compassion, says the party’s website . A title it seems the party will have to unceremoniously drop after its latest populist stunt regarding immigration policy. When the Labour party took power, albeit with little excitement, the reasonable public breathed a sigh of relief. No more hare-brained schemes to transport migrants to Rwanda , no more squabbling about ‘economic migrants’ , and finally a government filled with capable ministe

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s proposed asylum reforms received high praise from Reform leader Nigel Farage and notorious far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Inspired by Denmark’s asylum model , Mahmood’s reforms include  refugees having to reclaim asylum every two and a half years, refugees needing to be in the UK for twenty years before they can apply for permanent residency, harsher interpretations of the ECHR frameworks regarding family reunion, and the seizing of high-v

As Zohran Mamdani seizes New York City, what does this 34-year-old’s feat say about politicians further afield? On November 4 th , Zohran Kwame Mamdani became the first Muslim to be elected to the New York City mayoralty, and the youngest since 1892. He brings a disconcerting contrast to the front door of his adversaries, which include the President himself, whilst raising the crucial question of how the Democrats will use this new method of politics to restore orthodoxy. Mam

It was meant to be different. When Labour rode to a massive 174 seat majority  in July 2024, despite a palpable lack of excitement about the Keir Starmer project, a feeling that at least the adults were back in the room  prevailed. Even if Starmer’s Labour lacked ideas and energy, they would at least provide a period of stability for a country in desperate need of calm leadership. Ministers such as Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillipson had spent signi

The sudden announcement of a new left-wing party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana shook UK politics. The new movement has already achieved a record breaking membership, reaching over half a million people . Yet, almost imminently, the party faced inner party divisions, causing the co-founders to face mass criticism across the media and on the left. Understandably, the potential of “Your Party’ is now somewhat marred. Could it fragment the left vote, creating opportuniti

Some time ago, on the Ides of March, an article  of mine was published on historical thresholds. In it I observed that there are interregnums which, once crossed, see us like Dorothy in Oz - standing in a different world.   Following Angela Rayner’s resignation, the Labour Party have reached a new threshold. A Cabinet and Ministerial re-shuffle, and the election of a new Deputy Leader, could each amount to more than a historical footnote. Some hope is proffered by these chang

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Edmund Burke  is synonymous with conservatism. The namesake of a foundation  that serves the right on both sides of the Atlantic, Burke...

The writing is on the wall. It is not an understatement to say that Sir Keir Starmer’s lofty vision for change has now all but dissipated...

By now, you may have heard the phrase "Iron Chancellor" used to describe Rachel Reeves. It has been whispered – sometimes with...

Rachel Reeves is, to put it lightly, in a bit of a pickle over the UK’s finances. At the end of July, the Office for National Statistics...

On 24 July, Jeremy Corbyn announced the formation of a new left-wing party, which he provisionally dubbed ‘Your Party’, with the official...

Charli XCX’s album ‘Brat’ has now seemingly become a political marketing staple on both sides of the Atlantic, along with Tiktok trends...

The Labour government recently announced  that it would lower the voting age in general elections from 18 years old to 16 in what marks...

When you hear the moniker ‘world’s most successful political party’, you may initially think of some well-known authoritarian regimes. ...

British politics is volatile as of late. The UK’s political parties are all clamouring for an ascendancy amidst the Labour government’s...