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Why Sunak needs to go further: In defence of National Service
By Toby Sawyer National Service was originally introduced in the United Kingdom by Attlee’s Labour Government in 1949 as the global...


A Nation at the Crossroads: Can Starmer Deliver Change?
By Louis Gilmore The Conservative campaign began as Rishi Sunak announced an early election — the third successive Conservative Prime...


Irish Local Elections 2024: A glimpse at a new dawn or a reinforcement of the status quo?
Ireland has always been a country with a plethora of political issues. One of the most salient of which has been a housing crisis that...


Sunak’s National Service Policy Is Not Patriotic
By Ethan Harvey Over a week has passed since Sunak made the peculiar decision to call a General Election, and many are already bored to...


Why the European Left needs to unite
By Jakob Reid Throughout history, there has always been an apparent fragmentation within the left, but within the right, despite...


2024 South Africa Elections: Disaster for the ANC?
By Joakim Mol Romero For the vast majority of South Africa’s modern political history, the idea that the African National Congress (ANC)...


Is Bosnia Putin's Next Playground?
By Jakob Reid Eastern Europe has become a popular budget holiday destination in recent years. This has been a welcome boost to the...


National Service: A Good Idea...if only it wasn't Sunak's
By William Hall In 1954, a keen grammar-school boy from Huddersfield, unable to go to university, had vague images of a quiet life in his...


The 2024 General Election: Things Can Only Get Better (Or Can They?)
By Kara Evans Following rampant speculation across the parliamentary benches, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed a general election...


Infected Blood Scandal: A Failure of the British State
By Isa Seedat “A calamity” and “a catalogue of failures” is how Sir Brian Langstaff, chairman of the Infected Blood Inquiry, described...
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