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Socialism or barbarism: Is there hope for 2029?
By Lola Fallon Coventry South MP, Zarah Sultana, has officially resigned from the Labour Party and announced the launch of a new...


Police force destroys files on the Battle of Orgreave: Is British law enforcement facing a crisis of accountability?
By George Marshall In recent weeks, it has been revealed that in April 2024 Northumbria Police quietly destroyed several documents...


A new nuclear chapter or old ghosts in modern skies?
By Leya Hines As international relations are being increasingly shaped by the politics of force rather than diplomacy, the UK’s purchase...


Should the proscription of Palestine Action be a cause for concern?
By Lily Hatch In the early hours of the morning on Friday 20th June, Pro-Palestinian group ‘Palestine Action’ broke into RAF base Brize...


The House of Lords: Where the assisted dying bill goes to die?
By Kate O'Mahony Issues of life have dominated Parliament recently. Three days after MPs voted to fully decriminalise abortion, they...


Grenfell uncovered: An ongoing fight for justice
By Elina Daryani On a warm spring evening in 2017, a 24-storey tower block in West London was engulfed by a devastating fire, claiming...


Is the legal profession facing “a moment of reckoning” over sexual harassment?
By Alannah Henry An independent review into sexual harassment and bullying in the Criminal Bar is set to lift the lid on endemic misogyny...


Will Starmer be able to resist calls to open new oil and gas fields?
By Charles Wawn Protestors stand outside the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero after it was revealed that oil from the...


The room where it happens: How number 10 lost control
'The Room Where It Happens': aka the Thatcher Room. Despite having a ground-floor office, Starmer prefers to work from the first floor room in Downing Street. There are probably few things more uncomfortable for a man like Starmer than a whipping operation. It is a mad, bad and difficult part of the Westminster gig. At times it is brutally impersonal towards MPs with little regard for their own sentiments, and other times incredibly personal in ameliorating revolt. Unfortunat


Old Labour, new Labour, blue Labour: A summary critique of Labour Party factionalism
By Cianan Sheekey Architect of Blue Labour, Maurice Glasman, has claimed that Starmer’s current chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, is “one...
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