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The UK October Budget – an End to Austerity?
BY MIKE JOYNER UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak pictured on Budget day last week in Downing Street. Last Wednesday, Rishi Sunak announced the...


Earthshot Prize: A Key Part of Solving the Climate Crisis, or a Vanity Project?
BY SEBASTAIN REES-EWALD Prince William, the founder of the Earthshot Prize, with then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in 2018. “The best...


(Girls) Night In: The Nationwide Boycott in Response to an Epidemic of Spiking
By SÁRA KENDE As the nationwide lockdown lifted and nightclubs reopened, a new epidemic emerged in the UK. Chilling stories of drink...


Saudi Arabia “Sport Washing” their Human Rights Record with the Takeover of Newcastle United
BY MILLIANA GILL-MEHAN Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, seen here in 2019, has been heavily criticised for his Government's human rights...


Failing Upwards: The Pandemic Response Report and its Disappointing Lack of Consequences
BY ZACH ROBERTS Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Government has been criticised for its initial pandemic response by a parliamentary report...


The Northern Ireland Protocol: Will the UK and the EU ever agree?
By RAVI MAINI The Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol has become a point of contention again. This agreement, signed between the United...


Playing Politics: The Fuel Shortage is an Avoidable Crisis
BY JUDE WILKINSON Prime Minister Boris Johnson, seen here at a Covid Briefing in September 2021, has received criticism for his...


Obituary: Sir David Amess MP
BY JOHNNY JENKINS John interviewed Sir David Amess many times, including above in his office. Amess was John's MP all his life so far and...


Has Keir Starmer made Labour serious about winning again?
BY SCOTT CRESSWELL Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, then Shadow Brexit Secretary, pictured in 2017 at an event at Chatham House. At the...


The Shape of the Labour Left
As featured in Edition 38, available here. BY LUCY YOUNG (4th year - Law and Sociology - Luton, Bedfordshire) The next democratic...
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