What good are principles without power? Ryan Curran, a 17-year-old Labour member who voted for Jeremy Corbyn, explains why the Labour leader must go. Labour’s previous leadership contest, now over nine months ago, inspired...
The EU referendum highlighted the true fault lines in British society. Now it’s time for our two main political parties to reflect these. What happened on June 23 was a wholesale rejection of the...
Politics is becoming increasingly polarised. Now, more than ever, we need centrist politics to heal a divided nation. In the wake of the EU referendum it has become clear that radical and unpredictable political...
Britain will soon be free from the shackles of the EU. Now we need to make the most of this opportunity to regain control and trade with the world. The dust has settled on...
By thinking of everyone and everything in terms of being “Blairite” or “Corbynite”, Labour risks succumbing to a black-and-white view of the party and wider politics which the country neither understands nor cares for....
Corbyn’s politics are good. His leadership not so. He has to go if Labour is to win, but a coup solves nothing – gentle coercion is the answer. Corbyn has to go: his failure...
Brexit has shown Jeremy Corbyn to be an elitist seller of magic beans. But for Corbynistas, the sand looks to be a welcoming place for one’s head. Britain is divided, the Prime Minister has...
We need representative democracy, but when ultimate power is at stake, it is the people who must decide where it lies. Unless you’ve spent the last twelve months with your fingers in your ears,...
The campaign to leave the EU has been filled with toxic rhetoric that has put off left-wing voters, argues Sam Glover. What campaign can unite Donald Trump, George Galloway, Iain Duncan Smith and Vladimir...
Publically funded political parties could be part of the answer to the present mistrust and corruption in politics. It’s time to ban donors. Who pays for politics? It may seem like an odd question,...
Scaring the electorate into voting for “Remain” may be wrong, but it is working nonetheless. Having witnessed the passion and intense level of debate during Scotland’s independence referendum in 2014, it seemed the rather...
Jeremy Corbyn’s mandate from the Labour Party membership was founded on the “new politics,” but Labour’s State of the Economy Conference may well have signalled a relapse to the old agenda. “Wealth creation is...
Politicians, economists and business figures have all voiced their opinions on the European Union debate; last week it was the turn of celebrities. But should we care what they think? The Bank of England,...
The SNP has threatened to hold another independence referendum if Scotland is dragged out of the EU by England. The consequences of ignoring Scotland’s voice in this debate have never been direr. Whilst a...
With the government aiming to further control the BBC’s activities, Antony Tucker argues that we need to stand up for the organisation, or risk losing it. The BBC is undoubtedly one of Britain’s greatest...
David Cameron devoted copious amounts of time to negotiating the terms of his insignificant EU deal, yet with public concern growing over the worsening refugee crisis, perhaps his focus should have been elsewhere As...
As the dust settles from Thursday’s Scottish Parliament elections, Ryan Curran looks at how Scottish politics is no longer simply a matter of left vs right, but rather one of nationalism vs unionism. Last...
With Labour’s mixed showing in this May’s elections, Antony Tucker argues that major changes are needed to revive the party’s electability. With the results of the council, Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, Police and Crime...
Examining Ken’s history of controversy and his historical illiteracy, Sam Glover argues that Ken Livingstone’s time in the Labour Party should be over. Who would’ve thought it? Ken Livingstone has finally been suspended from...
Most people would disregard a date as little more than a given, but the chosen date for the EU referendum may not be as impartial as it seems. On 5 May, the UK will...
