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Tax, Stagnate, Repeat: Britain Can’t Afford Rachel Reeves
By now, you may have heard the phrase "Iron Chancellor" used to describe Rachel Reeves. It has been whispered – sometimes with...

Kapil Deshpande
Aug 234 min read


To Tax, Or Not To Tax, That Is The Question: How Will The Government Tackle Its Budgetary Issues This Autumn?
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...

George Wallace
Aug 164 min read


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

Isaiah Akinlabi
Aug 143 min read


Your Party, Kamala HQ, and the Pitfalls of Algorithm-centric Political Campaigning
Charli XCX’s album ‘Brat’ has now seemingly become a political marketing staple on both sides of the Atlantic, along with Tiktok trends...

Gemma Gradwell
Aug 123 min read


Lowering the Voting Age is Not Enough: Britain Needs Mandatory Voting to Change
The Labour government recently announced  that it would lower the voting age in general elections from 18 years old to 16 in what marks...

Xavier Fletcher
Aug 113 min read


Is The World’s Most Successful Political Party About To Lose Its Crown?
When you hear the moniker ‘world’s most successful political party’, you may initially think of some well-known authoritarian regimes. ...

Luke Goddard
Aug 104 min read


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

Cianan Sheekey
Aug 84 min read


Labour’s Age Check Fiasco: When Censorship Wears a Cardigan
The Labour Government, with all the grace of a cantankerous aunt rearranging your closet, has turned its gaze to the internet. The...

Kapil Deshpande
Aug 73 min read


Counter-rebuttal to Andrés De Miguel on Political Phototropism
It has been enjoyable to exchange with fellow Europinion writer Andrés De Miguel, but this will be the last word on our quarrel. I hope...

Cianan Sheekey
Aug 14 min read


Why The Conservatives Should Have Backed Starmer’s Welfare Reform
More than three weeks on from the vote on Keir Starmer’s welfare bill , I still can’t shake the feeling that there was a serious error of...

George Wallace
Jul 285 min read


Why is the Labour Party Still Going After Unpaid Carers?
It is safe to say that Labour’s first year in power hasn’t exactly gone to plan. Cratering in the opinion polls, a Parliamentary Party in...

Jacob Patch
Jul 234 min read


Bob Vylan Is Not The Story, British Complicity In Palestinian Genocide Is
In the build-up to Glastonbury, all eyes were on Kneecap, them having become famous for raising awareness Israel’s genocide in Palestine...

Viktor Schlatte
Jul 73 min read


It’s Time to Fight for the Soul of the Labour Party
The Labour Party has always claimed to stand for equality, dignity, and working-class solidarity. For so many of us, that promise once...

Jamie Strudwick
Jun 233 min read


The Financial Illiteracy of the Spending Review and Why Spending Needs to Be Cut Now
Britain faces economic Armageddon. And no, Rachel, we do not have a £22 billion black hole, and your reckless spending spree will only...

Ethan Harvey
Jun 169 min read


Response to Cianan Sheekey on Compromise and Political Phototropism
As a firm believer in the importance of political discourse, I was excited to see another Europinion columnist critically respond to my...

Andres De Miguel
Jun 105 min read


Compromised to Life
illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Phototropism: the process by which plants grow towards the sun, leaning closer toward their food...

Cianan Sheekey
Jun 64 min read


Gimmickgration - How Immigration is Being Weaponised Across the Board
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion The hope of change that came with the election of the Labour government in 2024 has now all but...

Eliot Lord
Jun 33 min read


Compromised to Death
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion In an unsurprising and desperate turn, Keir Starmer has once again adopted the position of his most...

Andres De Miguel
May 254 min read


Brexit Reset, Tax on Savers and Winter Fuel U-turn: Starmer’s Weakest Week
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion Keir Starmer has just had his worst week to date. And when you think of all the weak weeks...

Dan Sillett
May 234 min read


Starmer’s Made Himself A Stranger On His Own Island
Illustration by Will Allen/Europinion When I first heard Keir Starmer claim Britain is becoming an ‘island of strangers’ thanks to...

Dan Sillett
May 163 min read
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