The release of the UK’s White Paper review of the Gambling Act 2005 has been postponed once again. This is the fourth time that the review has now been postponed, with aides to Boris Johnson now advising that this cannot…
“The working class is back…we refuse to be poor anymore” declared Mick Lynch, the General Secretary of the RMT trade union, at the Durham Miner’s Gala. As strikes sweep across the country this summer amidst a cost of living crisis, Lynch is…
After being forced into resignation by a raft of backstabbing ministers and cabinet ministers, it was only a matter of time before the Back Boris brigade imploded with fury. A series of so-called sleaze scandals finally got the better of…
What is politics, if it is not determining how individuals lead their lives? Constraints from government in legislation frame the decisions people can make. That is a component of living within a society: accepting compromise, the needs of others and…
Callous, cold and cruel. The UK government’s latest refugee policy which will allow for the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, and the High Court’s ruling that this will be permissible, exemplifies the vehement distaste the government has for some…
The events of 5th-7th July 2022 were unprecedented, extraordinary, and frankly, farcical. The 36-hour coup, waged predominantly by those who owe their political livelihoods to Boris Johnson, showed the Conservative Party mercilessly plot and conspire against – and ultimately betray…
The coming to power of the First Labour Government in January 1924 was an important event in British history, marking the first time that Labour, a democratic socialist party committed to radical social change, attained national office. The product of…
Since coming to power Boris Johnson and his cabinet have routinely and gleefully threatened to break international law, have ignored parliamentary procedure and Johnson even became the first sitting prime minister to be found guilty of a crime whilst in…
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…
Following 8 months of Partygate headlines, explosive allegations within Prime Minister’s Questions and 69% of the population believing he is doing a bad job, Boris Johnson has wormed his way out of his recent tumultuous troubles. Narrowly escaping the result…