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Algorithmic politics: How Reform UK is leveraging TikTok in the next election

By Adrian Khodavardar In the lead-up to the UK’s next general election, the spotlight has shifted from televised debates and print media to a newer political arena: short-form videos and algorithmic feeds. At the centre of this shift is Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, using TikTok not as a side project but as a core component of its communication strategy. The question is whether TikTok has created a new populist pipeline for Reform UK or if it merely amplifies frustrations

Lord Livermore: Labour’s new campaign chief

Spencer Livermore, Baron Livermore. He currently serves as Financial Secretary to the Treasury since July 2024. Photo: HM Treasury/Flickr. Following on from the disastrous local elections in May 2021, Keir Starmer quietly appointed a backbench MP to a key party role. Given the turbulent shadow cabinet reshuffle concurrently underway, her appointment was not widely covered — but she had one task. She had to save his leadership. Shabana Mahmood now, of course, is one of the La

The politics of caution: Can Starmer's steady approach to leadership hold?

Thus far, Keir Starmer’s domestic leadership has been defined by caution; however, it is increasingly unclear whether this technocratic approach to steady the ship can hold in the face of Labour’s bleeding electoral support. With Labour’s popularity at record lows, Starmer may have no choice but to embrace a bolder leadership style. His government is capable of such change, with Starmer being a decisive global statesman. However, the question now is whether the Prime Ministe

Lions led by donkeys: A cynic’s view to UK parties

Over a year into the Labour government, and the two-party system has been wrecked - fragmented into five parties, each arguing for No. 10. However, while claiming that their party is the best because they won a single seat in a council by-election, they all seem to have forgotten to create any sort of credibility for themselves. Never in the history of UK politics has every party failed so miserably in convincing the public to vote for them. So, from left to right, here’s w

A judiciary under fire?

October 2025 saw the most recent Conservative Party conference and, whilst being ridiculed for their poor turnout, it detailed new plans the party had for the future, notably from MP Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary. Whilst brandishing a judge's wig, Jenrick states that "We've got a problem" as he goes on to say how judges have been working with open borders charities and promoting this work on social media. Jenrick uses this idea, whilst promoting the Conservat

The Heaton Park attack and the politics of division

By Mhikaella Renee Narciso On October 2nd, 2025, during Yom Kippur - the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a man drove his car into pedestrians and carried out a knife attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. The attacker, named Jihad Al-Shamie, aged 35, subsequently phoned emergency services pledging allegiance to the terrorist group Islamic State before being shot dead by armed police at the scene. To many British Jews, this was not just