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…
The spirit of the orange MAGA monster is stirring. Despite Biden’s attempt to “return to normalcy”, with the Republican’s victory in the Virginia Gubernatorial Race, a state Biden won by 10 points last November, and their near-victory in solid-Blue New Jersey, where Biden won by…
“Where is Global Britain on the streets of Kabul” exclaimed Theresa May in response to Britain and the US’ humiliating withdrawal from Kabul. Kabul had fallen only a few days earlier on the 15th August and parallels to the 1956…
In his first MAGA campaign-style rally since leaving the White House, Donald Trump vented his election grievances and touted his baseless claims of voter fraud in front of thousands of red-hat-wearing supporters in Ohio over last weekend. The rally was…
For as long as people have talked, conspiracy theories have run riot. And while sometimes they’re nothing more than the result of festering boredom or curiosity turned conjecture, they can be extremely dangerous, especially during times of uncertainty. A conspiracy…
The past month has seen a flurry of successive outrage campaigns from political figures on the right over what has been described by sitting Senators and even a US President as ‘cancel culture’. Prominent examples include Gina Carano’s firing from…
Those who hate Piers Morgan miss the point. He exists in the media space as a figure to be hated, or, for those who ‘love’ him, to direct their hate against groups who allegedly threaten his disproportionately older, socially conservative…
Everything Biden has done since becoming president has been carefully crafted to negate every personal and political characteristic of his predecessor. This is not just clever optics – Biden is the antithesis of Trump in every way. He cherishes the…
A recent study from the University of Washington has found that women reporting sexual harassment are more likely to be believed if they conform to stereotypes of femininity and normative beauty standards. Participants in the study displayed strong beliefs that…