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Extinction Rebellion: how effective and inclusive is the movement?
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest at Canning Town Station on the 17th October has pushed the discussion around the group’s tactics...


This year, the Nobel Committee got it right
The Nobel Peace Prize has always been shrouded in irony. Alfred Nobel, the inventor of Dynamite, used the prize as an attempt to give his...


Racism in sport: can it be solved?
On Monday 14th October, England beat Bulgaria 6-0 in a UEFA Euro qualifying match, which was overshadowed by racism. Bulgaria fans...


Remainers may have won the battle, but they’ve lost the war
There was joy at the second referendum march in Parliament Square on Saturday as the Letwin Amendment passed 322 votes to 306 against....


Toddler-in-Chief: Why Trump's unilateral Syria strategy spells disaster
On October 6, the White House released a statement following a conversation between Presidents Trump and Erdogan announcing Turkey would...


Does unparliamentary language incite violence?
Brexit, off the back of a referendum won on small margins and huge regional differences, is naturally polarising. The question posed to...


Facebook and politics: why should we trust political ads as fact?
In February 2019, Marcus Ball began a private prosecution that transformed the 2016 Brexit referendum into one of the most controversial...


Why the Afghan peace deal would only make things worse
September 5th. A day like so many others in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul; one filled with carnage and terror after a suicide bombing,...


Jacques Chirac - A Life and Legacy
The former French president Jacques Chirac, an icon in France’s political history with seemingly never-ending luck and one of the longest...


Scandal of The Decade - The Carl Beech Affair
The case of Carl Beech, and more importantly its aftermath, remains, in my view, the most underreported and underappreciated news item in...
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