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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

On the morning of October 1st, 2025, as the first budget deadline of the fiscal year passed, the U.S. federal government once again shut down. Congress had failed to approve spending bills to keep the government running, an event that has become as predictable as it is damaging. This year’s shutdown is not simply about dollars and cents; it is about identity, strategy, and the politics of spectacle. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed, paychecks are halte

Having shut down the government for the first time in 6 years on October 1st, it has now become the 3rd longest in American history at the time of writing. With no end in sight, President Trump may have a new record to add to his administrations ‘achievements’, including the first to be led by a convicted felon. For our readers who are less familiar with how our neighbours across the pond do things, the American government is once again fighting on how to spend money. Congres

The picture on the 3rd September of Democratic Liberal, Ro Khanna and libertarian GOP congressman, Thomas Massie, holding a press conference together demanding the immediate release of the entire “Epstein Files”, stood as a rare glimmer of limited bipartisan cooperation, in an era of tribalistic political divisions within America. What issue reconciled the interests of such diametrically opposed political figures into co-sponsoring a so-called “Epstein files transparency act

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

As Andrej Babiš reclaims power amid corruption trials and EU tensions, Czechia faces deep uncertainty over its democratic future and global standing. Czechia's most recent parliamentary election has revealed that former Prime Minister and notable billionaire Andrej Babiš claims victory — of sorts. The deemed right-wing populist party ANO, led by the oligarch, was reported to receive just under 35% of the vote, falling short of a majority and far from a landslide victory or tr

By Owen Cotterill I heard a story this week about a San Franciscan businesswoman who announced plans for a new AI software program. Within weeks, the value of her “company” skyrocketed, and she raised $2 billion from private investors. She had no office, no employees, and hadn’t written a single line of code. I’m not sure if it’s a true story. It sounds unbelievable, but it was told by an esteemed university professor. Either way, it doesn’t really matter. The fact that I don

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

By William Raven While not as polarising as Johnson or Truss, Theresa May was, by nearly all measures, a pretty dire Prime Minister. From her proposed Brexit deal being defeated in the Commons by a crushing 230 votes, to her decision to run and hide from the families and victims of the 2017 Grenfell fire, her premiership  rarely brought anything but troubling headlines. Nevertheless, following her resignation, and given the extremely poor quality of her successors, her ever

By Ilsa Nawaz Two years on from the October 7 Attacks, the Israel-Palestine genocide is one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes of the twenty first century. It parallels previous apartheid states, such as South Africa, but with violence on a much larger scale.  Despite ceasefire negotiations, global outrage including protests, and a push towards resolutions, foreign intervention has failed to achieve any lasting peace. Instead, foreign intervention has been merely virtue s