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The Battle of Peterborough

Peterborough is the stage for an all-out political fight. James Clarke takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the campaign over the weekend. It was 10:21am on a sunny Saturday in Cathedral Square, Peterborough, when the confrontation began. The charge was led by half a dozen turbo-charged mobility scooters, pimped out in party flags and aggressively driven by a guerilla force of...

Published on 03 Jun 2019

The two-party system is crumbling before our eyes

The political system itself is breaking apart - and fast - before our eyes. Throw your rules and assumptions about voting patterns out of the window. Brexit has ushered in an entirely new era of politics. Ciara Murray offers her analysis. The latest YouGov Westminster voting intention polls have reflected the results of the European Elections. The Liberal Democrats and...

Published on 31 May 2019

The Long Read: How David Cameron Could Have Stopped Brexit & The European Far Right...

London resident and member of the New York Bar John Nucciarone breaks down where the UK’s European strategy went so wrong. David Cameron’s negotiations with the EU in early 2016 were both rushed and amateurish. Discussions should have commenced under his first mandate and the obtaining of emergency breaks on free movement within the European Union should have been made...

Published on 30 May 2019

A Job is no Longer Enough to Save You From Poverty

Jobs are no longer a route out of poverty: Getting into work is the best route out of poverty for families in the UK. At least, that’s the line the British government takes. The cabinet seems very proud of the fact that the national employment rate, currently 74%, is at its highest ever and unemployment, at just 5%, is at...

Published on 29 May 2019

Time For MEPs to Make the Case for Europe

As nationalists gather on one side on the wall, it's time for those who believe in the EU to say so.The European Union has been a victim of its own success for a while now. Its increasing reach over the decades has had a big impact on the lives of EU citizens, making them richer, more mobile and more interconnected.However,...

Published on 28 May 2019

How the Pro-Brexit Press Failed Great Britain

It’s often said that a free press is essential to a healthy democracy. When compared to standards elsewhere in the world, the British press looks to be doing pretty decently. We shouldn’t get too carried away, though; in the absence of a Xinhua News equivalent, control over our national media has been granted to an entirely different (though perhaps equally...

Published on 23 May 2019

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The Battle of Peterborough

The two-party system is crumbling before our eyes

The Long Read: How David Cameron Could Have Stopped Brexit & The European Far Right...

A Job is no Longer Enough to Save You From Poverty

Time For MEPs to Make the Case for Europe

How the Pro-Brexit Press Failed Great Britain