Tories Left Standing in Election Meltdown, in Conversation with BBC 5
As a first-time voter, I need help understanding what is happening in the often paradoxical world of politics. This is why I joined a panel of first-time voters on BBC…
Britain’s Heading Right In 2024
One should be hesitant when predicting the length of Prime Minister’s terms in office, yet it has become popular to believe this is Rishi Sunak’s last year as the head…
Liz Truss: A Retrospective
Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister on October 20, bringing an end to a brief but tumultuous era. Truss’ reign, which oversaw two monarchies, record low approval ratings and the…
Calls for Boris Johnson to remove Alun Cairns as Tory candidate
Boris Johnson is facing calls to remove Alun Cairns as a Conservative candidate after it was revealed that Mr Cairns was aware of his former aide Ross England’s role in…
The Un-United Kingdom: Scotland’s Brexit woes
By Louis Johnson The Brexit deadline is looming and as Britain prepares to leave the EU, ‘deal or no deal’, it looks as though our Union is beginning to fracture…
Education Officers gain Tory support
The Students’ Union’s Postgraduate Education Officer Rose Taylor has won the support of a local Conservative Party MP on the issue of the postgraduate loan age cap. Currently, only students…
The Boris Johnson factor
Why does Boris Johnson receive special treatment? The sight of a young boy flattened by Johnson during a game of touch rugby has recently gone viral. The collision occurred on…
Flexing the gay body politic
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, far away from the rows of heart-covered cards in supermarkets, and depressing conversations between student singletons on nightbusses, you will undoubtedly be aware…
Vote for Charlotte, not Charlatans
Let me begin by saying how the recent MP expenses scandal shocked and outraged us all – and rightly so. However, this does not justify judging Charlotte Vere, Conservative candidate…
Has the Sun lost labour the election?
All eyes were on Brighton last week, with Labour holding their final annual conference before the next General Election. The focus seemed very much on rebuilding the party’s morale, with…
Liberal thought is not a waste of time
Spluttering on my fair trade coffee last week I was astonished to discover that I inhabit a perilous ‘liberal bubble’ which is slowly lulling me into a false sense of…