To those of us active in the Labour Party, internal battles are standard procedure. The goriest episode lasted from 1979-87, where the Tories governed for 18 years, aided by Labour spending the whole period in protracted and costly ideological trench…

At a time of pandemic induced recession and nationwide child poverty, Boris Johnson has agreed a £16.5bn rise in defence spending. Sending a clear message of prioritisation to the British public, it’s the military before hungry children. The increase of…

The annual discourse of International Men’s Day once again illuminated us on November 19th with its heady mix of sexism and bad-faith politics. It’s a meme rather than a day of dutiful political activism. You only need to glance at…

Dominic Cummings, a government advisor who was dubbed the ‘architect of Brexit’ has often been in the limelight this year. After showing COVID19 symptoms, he drove his family 260-miles to Durham where his extended family lives, implicitly breaking the ‘Stay…

Last week, BBC News reported that the government had ended its funding for several projects tackling the bullying of LGBT+ students in schools. These projects have been running since 2014, costing around £4 million, and this is the first time…

Boris Johnson shocked many when he told Conservative MPs in a meeting that devolution has been a ‘disaster’ for Scotland. Like any other Unionist, I understood this was said not to discredit the concept of local government. Instead, Boris’ comment…

The Manchester United and England star – who turned 23 in October – has demonstrated a remarkable will with his heartfelt free school meals campaign. Uninfluenced by spin or “political affiliation”, Rashford has centred on a cross-party initiative that has…

As we get further into 2020, the unity that characterised the early stages of lockdown – ‘Clap for the NHS’, anyone? – has generally faded away, and have been replaced by political conflict and division. It wasn’t too long ago…

Surely, this is the biggest U-turn of them all? Last week, in a chaotic and delayed address to the nation, Boris Johnson set out England’s plans to be plunged into lockdown number 2, despite weeks of arguing against it in…

Labour infighting shouldn’t be news to many people by this point. More often than not it takes the form of highly publicised internet drama, but in the past few weeks we’ve seen infighting of a form far more existential to…