What is the perfect Sunday? Naturally, this varies depending on your age. As a young child, it might be relaxing, playing games, trying to complete as little homework as possible and going to the cinema. It is far more likely…

There are many conclusions to draw following the recent Owen Paterson scandal. According to the British public, one obvious one is ‘Tory sleaze’ and it’s back worse than before. As such, there have been more stories in the press surrounding…

The suggestion of vaccine passports and COVID passes have enraged the anti-vaccine population across Britain. Many feel that these sorts of passes have the potential to infringe on their rights to medical confidentiality. Although, in the post-lockdown age they are…

The 2016 referendum was too simple The 2016 EU Referendum was a basic “Yes” or “No” answer. This is because the EU has several overlapping “spheres” of membership, including the European Economic Area (EEA) and the Customer Union. For a…

The UK is not the one to blame for the collapse of Afghanistan (that dishonour goes to Trump and Biden), but this doesn’t mean that the UK is entirely blameless for the humanitarian disaster in the troubled Central Asian country. …

Discussing the cataclysmic events of 2020 and 2021 should, in my eyes, be an Olympic sport. You can ponder public health, the NHS or even slip into a conversation about which vaccine you received. Yet, despite these obvious changes to…

They may have been in power for eleven years and yield the party’s biggest parliamentary majority since Margret Thatcher’s days as leader, but the Conservative Party under Boris Johnson is far from indestructible. A delicate balance of factors is holding…

Though the US has long been considered the world’s leading power and a pillar of Western democracy, some now acknowledge a so-called ‘European pillar’ in the form of the European Union. Yet, the notion of a potential third pillar distinct…

Politics is a funny thing. One day, the Conservative Party winning Hartlepool symbolises Boris Johnson’s continued erosion of Labour support and suggests the Tories will reign supreme for decades to come; weeks later, the Labour victory in Batley and Spen…

One of the most striking effects of the pandemic has been rising levels of education inequality. Missed school and slow adoption of virtual learning has meant a significant attainment gap has emerged in schools. Disadvantaged children have suffered most. But…