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Public Spending - Acting quickly, or turning Britain into a Chumocracy?
By MIKE JOYNER The National Audit Office has found that £10.5 billion of coronavirus contracts were awarded directly without a...


'Why Orwell Matters' is relevant now more than ever before
By JOE HILL Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) actually shared many characteristics with Orwell. Both were journalists who produced a depth...


'Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class' provocatively argues for Labour to change
By LUKE COOLEY The Labour party is out of touch with its traditional working-class base. It no longer addresses the worries of ordinary...


‘Too Much and Never Enough’ details Donald Trump’s childhood neglect
By NOAH KEATE In some schools of thought, politics is built around great - and terrible - leaders. Individuals who have historically...


Boris Johnson - the man who cancelled Christmas
By ENOCH MUKUNGU We love Christmas. This is a point so basic that it feels pointless to say, but it is worth taking a step back and just...


Cyprus: a never-ending cause of dispute for global entanglement
By DOMINIC GILONIS The ‘Cyprus Question’ had seemingly slipped into the background of geopolitics, with the partitioned island's fate in...


France’s Cycle of Terror: How Systematic Marginalisation and Discrimination leads to Radicalisation
By OISÍN PHILLIPS On the October 21st, French President Emmanuel Macron referred to Samuel Paty as “the face of the Republic” during a...


The assassination of Iran's top scientist: Masterstroke or miscalculation?
By ARTHUR KLEINMAN How does one define a nominally clandestine activity principally designed to illustrate beyond doubt the culpability...


‘My Life, Our Times’ is a revealing and honest account of life in politics
By NOAH KEATE To hold the highest office in British politics is a remarkable achievement. Given that so few politicians have reached...


The UK should commit to foreign aid to combat poverty
By FEE MERALI On the 24th November, Rishi Sunak outlined in his Spending Review that the UK would cut its foreign aid spending from the...
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