David Thomas, Author at Cherwell

Why David Lammy was (partially) right

Oxford's not racist. It's just lazy, ignorant, and criminally apathetic.

The Squeezed Middle

Every attempt to define it may thus far have been a disaster, but Labour just might be onto something...

Schools cuts likely to bleed

Much of Gove's agenda is part of a long overdue rescue of British schools. The rest might lead to not so pretty consequences.

The Battle for the Family

Voters don't believe the Nasty Party cares about family. Cameron should be worried.

What do Labour think?

The Opposition need some policies, or at least a united opposition.

Let us fire our MPs

When politicians go rogue, it is their constituents, not the courts, who should throw them out. Give us the power, we'll be only too happy to do so.

The National Care Service

Labour have one policy that could start to rebuild their party's waning appeal

Time to lose the NUS

The NUS have managed to do more than higher fees ever could to put poorer students off applying to university

Throw Ken overboard, before it’s too late

Ken Livingstone has shown he is not at home in the Labour Party. Ed Miliband shouldn't let him stay.

Progressive after all?

The Browne Review turns out to be quite a bit more progressive than we're led to believe.

Bringing an old beast back to life

The working class Tory has been conspicuously absent in recent years. He may soon be about to return.

The Shadow Cabinet game

What does Ed do next?

Now Ed’s in charge

Time to leave his electors behind

Keep rumour confined to the playground

The press is getting worringly close to printing gossip as standard. If they don't change we'll get bored of their crying wolf.

Cherwell Town Hall MT24: Meet the candidates

Ethnic minority residents in Oxford feel significantly less safe...

Oxford professor resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s...

Report: Students should be able to view their exam...

David Thomas