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Humility and humour, jags and jabs: Remembering John Prescott
By Cianan Sheekey The death of former Deputy Prime Minister John Leslie Prescott, aged 86, in November of last year, marked a sombre day...


Protests, proscription and the politics of dissent
By Meghana Pappu If there is one thing I noticed in my brief stint of living it up in London, it's that getting on the Bakerloo line in...


Vance and the UK: Friend or foe?
By Charlie Cartwright Just weeks after Donald Trump’s five-day visit to Scotland, his faithful vice president arrives in the UK for a visit to Chevening House, meeting with his unlikely companion, David Lammy. “Friendship and mutual understanding” were the words uttered by former Prime Minister and war hero Winston Churchill in a 1946 speech during his lecture tour following the end of WWII. Churchill’s cordial relationships with wartime U.S. presidents Roosevelt and Truman,


Lucy Letby: Within reasonable doubt?
By Temi Olaojo ‘In summary, ladies and gentlemen, we did not find any murders.’ Those were the words of Dr. Shoo Lee, an expert...


The Alaskan summit: The context
By Ben Langer On Friday Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet to discuss the future of the Russo-Ukrainian war. They will meet in...


In the Summertime: The Treasury’s quiet quest for narrative
By Evan Verpoest The newly-appointed Chancellor greets James Bowler and Beth Russell, the Treasury's top civil servants. Whilst the...


The French Connection: Why Labour must learn from French politics
By Raphael Hammond At time of writing, polling suggests a strong possibility of a Reform majority, totalling over 300 MPs. For the ...


Votes at sixteen: The impact of a lowered voting age
By Edden El-Hashahar On the 17th July, the government announced that 16 and 17-year-olds would be able to vote in the next general...


One year on: Is Labour’s conversion therapy ban still on track?
By George Marshall Among Labour’s 2024 manifesto commitments to fix the NHS and get Britain building, was a claim that “Labour will...


Westminster's newest comedy: The Corbynistas' recycled revolution
By Cianan Sheekey The far left loves to espouse the need for a “kinder politics”, one grounded in a fundamental moral value system. ...
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