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Seriously? Proroguing Parliament? Now?

Renew's James Bryan airs his frustrations with the current political climate. We choose representatives to make decisions of national importance, that is the core principle on which our democracy is built. There is a certain level of trust that comes with this level of power, and it has often been the case that politicians have abused that trust. Taking away...

Published on 12 Sep 2019

Why The Queen’s Powers Are Both Real & Necessary In 2019

The Royal Prerogative has forced the Prime Minister to go back to the people. That’s a good thing, says Renew supporter John Nucciarone. British parliamentary democracy maintains, in essence, a balance of power. As the country changed over the centuries, the balance of power between the monarch, Lords, and Commons did too. In the 1900s, majority governments became the norm,...

Published on 05 Sep 2019

The Genie is Out, and it’s in the Scariest of Hands

In this piece, Renew member Paul Gerken compares Boris Johnson's proroguing of Parliament to Jafar's control and exploitation of the genie's powers in Aladdin. As much as our new overlords will try to convince you otherwise: this isn’t normal. As much as our unwritten constitution can’t define the proroguing of Parliament as illegal, it shouldn’t mean that we understand it...

Published on 03 Sep 2019

My Road to Becoming a Renew Member

Welcome to new member Dan Willis, who breaks down his journey to becoming part of Renew below.My experiences with UK politics started only a few years ago. Before I was 21, the idea of politics – or even worse, getting involved with politics – was as far away in my mind as possible. However, as a journalism student at The...

Published on 30 Aug 2019

The Amazon is Burning and it's Political Corruption Gone Mad

Renew's Kitty O'Hara questions Brazilian President Bolsonaro's role in the Amazon wildfires. The volume of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have recently drastically increased, with over 72,000 outbreaks this year alone. The Amazon is home to around three million species of plants and animals, and one million indigenous people. The damage will have an irreversible effect on the Earth’s climate....

Published on 22 Aug 2019

The Misplaced Patriotism of a No-Deal Brexit

Renew's Brogan Meaney explains why a no-deal Brexit would be far from patriotic. The leaked Operation Yellowhammer documents have increased speculation—if it were at all possible—around the fallout from a no-deal Brexit. Much has been discussed about the source of the leak—a ‘whodunnit’ style witch hunt targeting this so-called unpatriotic attempt to disrupt Brexit. But should we instead be focusing...

Published on 20 Aug 2019

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Seriously? Proroguing Parliament? Now?

Why The Queen’s Powers Are Both Real & Necessary In 2019

The Genie is Out, and it’s in the Scariest of Hands

My Road to Becoming a Renew Member

The Amazon is Burning and it's Political Corruption Gone Mad

The Misplaced Patriotism of a No-Deal Brexit