Why Third Place in the Mayoral Race Will Decide London's Future
As the London Mayoral race continues to underwhelm, it seems Londoners and the major candidates themselves will be contented to witness...
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We Need A Fresh Approach For A Safer Society: PCC Elections
Democracy can only work when people are given a real choice between candidates. Democracy works best when it includes all members of our...
Britain’s Puritanical Drugs Policy and the Horn of Africa
Photograph: Flickr, A. Davey In 2014 the UK government, under guidance from Theresa May, moved to incorporate Khat into the Misuse of...
No-Platforming, Safe Spaces, and the Inconvenience of Free Speech
Photograph: Flickr, Matt Buck We find ourselves at an intriguing crossroads at the moment when debating the roles and responsibilities of...
Is Gentrification a Form of Social Cleansing?
Photograph: Flickr, kylaborg In the three years I have been out of London and at university, things have changed immensely in my area of...
Why the appointment of Kerry McCarthy to the shadow cabinet is good
Photograph: Flickr / Dan-Raoul Miranda Jeremy Corbyn’s appointment of Kerry McCarthy as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food...
Clause Corbyn: The SNP and Greens reacting to ‘New Old Labour’
Photograph: Flickr / Garry Knight Jeremy Corbyn’s victory was unprecedented and it was phenomenal. A truely democratic mandate to lead....
On the modern-day threats to classical liberalism
Photograph: Flickr / Angus McDiarmid The collapse of the Soviet Union, globalization, the success of the Four Tigers as well as the...
Youthful political apathy: The biggest threat of our time?
Photograph: Flickr / Chris Beckett In the 2010 general elections, voter turnout was of 65%. Among the younger demographic (ages 18-24) it...
Voting systems: The UK and Europe, and what is going wrong
Photograph: Flickr / justgrimes Growing up in the UK with an Austrian citizenship and background, I have been able to experience two...
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