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...
The North Shropshire by-election is a greater loss for Labour than...
20 December 2021 | OPINION
The Liberal Democrats can gloat all they like about ‘winning’ a 200-year-old Tory safe seat, but this mid-term polling exercise...
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...
A university backtracking on combatting anti-Semitism is a worrying sign
25 November 2021 | OPINION
The student union at Queen Mary University – my university – has voted to reject the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition...
A reflection on Remembrance Sunday
14 November 2021 | OPINION
As another Remembrance Sunday comes upon us, we must remind ourselves of what it is that we are commemorating and...
For university lecturers to strike now is unforgivable
10 November 2021 | OPINION
Students have had a turbulent and uncertain two years. What they need now is the support of those who are...
A week far from Parliament’s finest
5 November 2021 | OPINION
Yesterday was a turbulent day in politics. Some people were concerned that Owen Paterson was to remain an MP, despite...
Financing terror and security threats to Israel: Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and...
14 June 2021 | OPINION
In December, Benjamin Gantz, the Defence Minister of Israel, ordered the seizure of $4 million which was sent to Hamas...
Are white people racist in the UK? – Nick Buckley MBE
7 June 2021 | OPINION
Let us start with some good news. It is now official – the UK is not institutionally racist. The Commission...
Israeli-Palestinian peace requires foreign powers to pull out of Gaza –...
3 June 2021 | OPINION
Without foreign powers’ acquiescence to bilateral negotiations, hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian territories threaten to perdure. The more sides...