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Rachel Reeves Responds to Questions Over Expenses
Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves has responded to questions over her expenses while working at Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) between...
Europinion
Feb 15, 20251 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 14, 20254 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 13, 20255 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 4, 20253 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...
Luke Goddard
Feb 3, 20254 min read


Kids Will be Kids…Or Not: Investigations into Non-Crime Hate Incidents within Children
Being told you stink at any age is not a nice thing to hear. At nine-years old, the insult may cause a variety of emotional responses:...
Victoria Anastasia Aranowicz
Jan 30, 20254 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 28, 20253 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 24, 20254 min read


A Manifesto for a New Year
I like the idea of New Year's Resolutions, even though I don’t remember if I’ve made many and doubt that I’ve kept any. Ultimately,...
Nicholas Greenhalgh
Jan 16, 20254 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 15, 20253 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 12, 20254 min read


The IPP Scandal: A Tragedy of Inaction and Cynicism
The words ‘arbitrary detention’ usually conjure up images of far-flung lands: centralised dictatorships where the law is administered at...
Jacob Patch
Jan 8, 20254 min read


Can Labour answer a question no one in England - or the rest of the union - can seem to answer?
Illustration by Will Allen The question of how the United Kingdom should organise itself is a pretty important one. The nation has played...
Will Allen
Jan 5, 20254 min read


Security and Sovereignty at the Negotiating Table: the Ukrainian Dilemma
Over a thousand days have passed since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine . As the conflict has developed, the...
Oliver Ansell-Hodges
Jan 3, 20254 min read


Reflections on the Climate Crisis
Just last week, around three million individuals were sent an emergency alert from the Government, warning of severe risks from Storm...
Zoe Wreford
Jan 2, 20253 min read


To Truly Clean Up Football, the Government Must Stand Up to FIFA and its Tyrant Backers
The Government has paid much lip service to cleaning up Britain's most popular sport. The Football Governance Bill, currently making its...
Jack Rowlett
Dec 30, 20244 min read


The UK’s Online Safety Act is an Empty Promise to Address Antisemitism
It has been almost universally accepted that some content, such as sexually explicit photos and videos depicting extreme violence, do not...
Sophia Lieuw-Kie-Song
Dec 14, 20245 min read


Nigel Farage Is Showing Enormous Disrespect To Clacton - And Here’s Why
On the 4th of July 2024, after 7 successive failed attempts, Nigel Farage finally secured a parliamentary seat in Westminster, winning...
Archie Rankin & Jamie Strudwick
Dec 13, 20243 min read


Starmer Should Lean in on Trump’s Love for British Institutions
Like many left-leaning observers of politics on this side of the pond, I was dismayed at the re-election of Donald Trump on November 5th....
Jacob Patch
Dec 6, 20244 min read


Political Hauntology and a New Economic Paradigm
In his 1993 book Spectres of Marx , Jaques Derrida introduced the concept of Hauntology as he saw it; where the modern state of reality...
Andres De Miguel
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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