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Renewing Newport West: How to Fight a By-Election as a Brand-New Party

It may have rained in Wales last week, but the Renew parade was safe. In the Newport West by-election, we made a real statement of intent by securing 879 votes – 3.7% of the popular vote. For a party that was barely known in the city at the start of the campaign, this is no small feat. So how did we...

Published on 08 Apr 2019

How Privitisation is Killing Our Prison System

G4S and other private prison contractors have failed in their duties to the public. And yet, they continue to be awarded new contracts and bailed out with government money. In the latest in a long line of scandals to hit the company, global security giant G4S has been relieved of its responsibilities over HMP Birmingham for a further 6 months....

Published on 04 Apr 2019

Renew Interviews Our Young Apprentice

We’re big supporters of apprenticeship schemes as an alternative to university for school leavers, but take up fell by a quarter last year. Here, our young apprentice Callum Clifford talks about his experiences - and how our government could do more.Tell us a bit about your background. I’m originally from Brentwood, Essex, and finished sixth form last year. I jumped...

Published on 03 Apr 2019

The Longer This Goes On, The More We Need Political Renewal

One of the many reasons Brexit is such a bad idea is the fact that it takes up so much time, money and effort. Parliament failed to back any of the Brexit options again yesterday, and the people of the UK became even sicker of the whole damn thing. If you voted for Brexit, you might have reasonably assumed that...

Published on 02 Apr 2019

The People's Vote March Proved Democracy Didn’t End in June 2016

The ‘sensible middle’ are making a comeback. That was Renew member Paul Gerken's overwhelming feeling as he walked amongst the million who took to the streets last Saturday to demand their voices be heard. The atmosphere was delightfully British. It was all the people I thought had disappeared since June 23rd 2016. The sensible, good-humoured, pragmatic tea-drinkers with dry-witted signs...

Published on 29 Mar 2019

Boris Bashes the Bible - And We’re All Poorer For It

“Extend the implementation period to the end of 2021 if necessary; use it to negotiate a free-trade deal; pay the fee; but come out of the EU now – without the backstop. It is time for the PM to channel the spirit of Moses in Exodus, and say to Pharaoh in Brussels – LET MY PEOPLE GO.”Boris Johnson wants us...

Published on 27 Mar 2019

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Renewing Newport West: How to Fight a By-Election as a Brand-New Party

How Privitisation is Killing Our Prison System

Renew Interviews Our Young Apprentice

The Longer This Goes On, The More We Need Political Renewal

The People's Vote March Proved Democracy Didn’t End in June 2016

Boris Bashes the Bible - And We’re All Poorer For It