One major facet of the 2019 general election was how, after many years of making neoliberal economics its raison d’etre, the Conservative Party finally seemed to embrace a post-Thatcherite vision. It campaigned on increased spending and more government intervention in…
Amongst the recent chaos of 2022, a minor news story has picked up a lot of steam recently. That being that some Conservative MPs have proposed a commemorative day to celebrate our first female prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. As far…
One of the fondest memories I have of being involved in politics is being a part of anti-BBC marches on behalf of Make Britain Great Again. I can remember vividly walking near the HQ of the organisation in London in…
On December 31st 2021, the New Year’s Honours were announced. One name stuck out like a sore thumb, making his inclusion one of the most controversial in recent years. That being former Prime Minister Tony Blair, who was given a…
There are many conclusions to draw following the recent Owen Paterson scandal. According to the British public, one obvious one is ‘Tory sleaze’ and it’s back worse than before. As such, there have been more stories in the press surrounding…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re no doubt aware of the Afghanistan withdrawal, after 20 years of trying and failing to impose stability and democracy there. With the Taliban taking over in a span of weeks and the…
Upon the death of famed trade unionist Bob Crow, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone noted that the ‘only working-class people who still have well-paid jobs in London are [RMT] members’, a sentiment probably truer now than it was on Crow’s…
Lately, it has become clear that another attempt to establish white nationalism in the UK has crashed and burned. Colin Robertson (best known by his YouTube alias Millennial Woes) has been expelled from the new political organisation Patriotic Alternative for…
With former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn recently handing over the mantle to Sir Keir Starmer, there is much of a discussion of his legacy, and where the party goes from here. There is much division on him, as there…