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Does Jeremy Corbyn really want to be Prime Minister?
Politics has many established norms. That is why many detest the practice, and were happy to rip up the rules in that fateful EU...


Nigel, Go All The Way!
Can you hear it? It’s almost here! No, I’m not talking about Brexit on March 31st April 12th October 31st January 31st, I’m talking about...


GE 2019: Battleground Britain
The election is here! Psephologists, politicians and pundits will be returning to our lives over the next five weeks as we countdown to...


All Hoyle The New Speaker
“I want to thank everybody. It has been a long night. I do not want to keep you any longer, but I do stand by what I have said. This...


Extinction Rebellion: how effective and inclusive is the movement?
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest at Canning Town Station on the 17th October has pushed the discussion around the group’s tactics...


Remainers may have won the battle, but they’ve lost the war
There was joy at the second referendum march in Parliament Square on Saturday as the Letwin Amendment passed 322 votes to 306 against....


Does unparliamentary language incite violence?
Brexit, off the back of a referendum won on small margins and huge regional differences, is naturally polarising. The question posed to...


Scandal of The Decade - The Carl Beech Affair
The case of Carl Beech, and more importantly its aftermath, remains, in my view, the most underreported and underappreciated news item in...


The Irish Problem - Why Bother?
Ireland has, for most of its history, been an object of English colonial ambitions. Whether that be the Normans, the Tudors or the...


Compromise - Detestable or Desirable?
Politics today is polarised. Wherever you look in the world, it is tricky to disagree with that statement. Since populist parties of the...
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