The public spending delusion
1 JULY 2024 | OPINION
Austerity, austerity, and austerity: you’ve heard it before, haven’t you? Who hasn’t – and this is the point. But it’s...
HS2 has caused a stir, but why is it so controversial?
28 June 2021 | ANALYSIS
The recent Liberal Democrat by-election victory in Chesham and Amersham sparked headlines. The election was called following the passing of...
The creeping trend of increasing press restriction
18 December 2021 | OPINION
Recent events might suggest that we are in an environment in which state control over media and the press is...
Christian Wakeford’s defection will cause more problems for Starmer in the...
20 January 2021 | OPINION
Reportedly having been in talks with the Labour leader for 4 months before crossing the floor, the MP for Bury...
Five years on: was Project Fear actually Project Reality?
23 June 2021 | ANALYSIS
On the 23rd of June 2016, voters in the United Kingdom took a decision that would transform British politics and...
Could it be time to move away from the left-right spectrum?...
A lot of people think of politics as being left-right. In Britain, this is Labour vs the Tories. In the US, this is usually the Democrats vs the Republicans. In Germany, this is the Social Democrats vs the Christian Democratic Union.
Will Sir Keir Starmer make Labour great again? – Tom Pritchard
For the British Labour Party to win a General Election, recent history has shown that the party must move further to the centre and away from the far-left politics it has embraced in recent years, most notably under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.
War and peace – PMQs 5th March 2025
5 MARCH 2025 | OPINION
At Eton, they call it ‘oiling’. Half an hour in, newbie Labour MP Mike Tapp applied the grease gun ruthlessly:
"These are delicate...
Rachel Reeves has resolved on the politics of deception
3 AUGUST 2024 | OPINION
This week featured the return of both honesty and deception to political discourse on the economy; honesty about the tight...
Should GP surgeries be returning completely to face-to-face consultations? – William...
15 September 2021 | OPINION
As we cautiously begin to exit the pandemic, Sajid Javid is pushing GPs to return to face-to-face consultations – but...