Barely two years after the murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met Police officer, Wayne Couzens, this week yet another serving officer on the force was found to be a violent, predatory misogynist. David Carrick carried out 85 serious offences…
It is the brave people of Ukraine who have suffered the most at the hands of President Putin’s brutal and illegal war. We are all, though, feeling the impact of Russia’s bloodthirsty invasion of a sovereign state on the European…
The Trades Union Congress Conference in Brighton in October was my first ever political conference, and not a bad start for a socialist. The conference was energetic, ironically, fueled by the cost-of-living crisis and a realization that unions were once…
Agriculture is the foundation of large-scale societies. Everything we take for granted would not be possible without farming. It is not a stretch to say that farmers built civilization. But now, farmers are in trouble. Despite the UK having one…
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer’s recent statement that a Labour government would abolish the House of Lords and replace it with an elected second chamber has been a long time coming and was, to an extent, predictable. His justification, that…
The British economy has been in serious trouble, with an annual growth rate of 0.9% since the 2008 economic crash. With that in mind, how do we grow the economy and save our public services? It is a strange thing…
Back in July, I described the events that culminated in Boris Johnson’s resignation as “unprecedented, extraordinary, and frankly, farcical”. Little did I think that, merely a few months later, I would find myself in the same position describing the downfall…
The new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, promised to be a tax-cutting Prime Minister. She has kept her promise. The “mini-budget” announced by the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, will introduce some of the biggest tax cuts in a generation. Yet, the caveat…
It was once said that ‘all political lives end in failure’. Theresa May and Boris Johnson would reluctantly agree with that. The turnover of Prime Ministers has never been higher, with four leaders in the past six years. The position…