“I’m not trying to be a political martyr”: In Conversation with MP Clive Lewis
The current Labour leadership candidates surely have to answer the question of why, in December of last year, the party suffered its worst electoral...
The Rise of Scruffy Politics
On the night of the 2016 US Presidential election, a group of my friends gathered to watch the event. At our little party, the...
Conserving Culture : Not on the Tory Agenda
The election of a new conservative government begs the question of how British culture and the Arts will be affected. Close to a decade of Tory rule caused a sharp decline in the funding and support of art and culture, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any better.
Opinion – Authentically Insincere: the conflict between sincerity and authenticity in British Politics
After nine years of Tory rule, voters have looked at our
country and said ‘yeah, this is good, more of the same.’
How did this...
Punch and BoJo
What happens to satire when politics is already a joke?
Opinion – Hypocrisy in our Democracy: Why We Must Hold the Tories to Account
Ironically, the one thing we can all agree on is that the United Kingdom is currently divided. Deep inequalities of wealth, opportunity, and a...
Opinion – With its most catastrophic defeat since 1935, Corbyn’s Labour has failed us
Miles Pressland & Joe Davies consider the reasons why Labour saw such a landslide defeat – and the common denominator is Jeremy Corbyn.
Miles Pressland
A...
Opinion – For the Many, Not the Few
Unsurprisingly, a Tory Prime Minister said it best. We’ve heard a lot from Boris Johnson in the last few weeks and months about 'one-nation...
Why The Lib Dems Failed
On 12 December 2019, I didn’t vote with pride. For me, putting a cross beside ‘Liberal Democrat’ gave me that same sensation as going...
Transport: an overlooked election issue
Significant investments in public transportation infrastructure will ultimately prove to be the rare policy that is both economically and socially justifiable.
