One year on from his election as Labour leader, Keir Starmer faced his first test: the local elections. What was predicted to be a moderately successful evening for Labour, turned out to be one of their biggest failures in a…
On 13th December last year, it was confirmed that Tory party leader Boris Johnson had won a thumping majority. Whilst this might have surprised some, to others, it seemed to be an inevitable consequence, due to what Johnson had made the focus…
After months of political uncertainty, the 2019 general election has finally provided us with an idea of the UK’s trajectory over the next few years. It was possibly one of the most unpredictable general elections in decades. There were many…
This morning, I declared that I don’t understand why political parties campaign the day before polling day. Everybody has already made their mind up, so what’s the point? They’re only talking to the decided masses after all. No sooner had the…
During the 2017 general election campaign, I was a reluctant advocate for a Labour Party that I didn’t quite have faith in. I had, as I do now, concerns about the way the party operated, worries that Jeremy Corbyn was…
It is envied across the world for its first-class productions in comedy, drama and entertainment. However, the BBC’s popularity at home is shrinking when it comes to its political reporting. Everyone from the Greens to the Brexit Party has slated…
When Theresa May called for a general election in 2017, it was quite clear to everyone that this would be a general election all about Brexit. Yes, the manifestos covered other issues, but the focus was about the sort of…