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…
Less work, more play: the 4 day week
By Will Day With Labour’s proposal to implement a four-day working week, the concept of working less for the same pay has been thrust into the public sphere. For many,…
BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn visits University of Sussex
BREAKING: This afternoon, the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn came to campus to meet with students and staff at the University of Sussex. Part of the Jubilee building was…
Did Labour win the election? A Sussex perspective
The short answer is obviously no. The Tories remain in power, for now at least, propped up by the DUP whose social views most in the UK and in the…
Local Labour branch suspended and election results annulled amid opposing claims of misconduct
Labour Leader Mr Corbyn shortly after being elected last year. Photo: Flickr Freya Marshall Payne The Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party has been suspended by the party’s National Executive…
Peter Kyle MP: Labour’s New Politics drives me up the wall
Local MP Peter Kyle has launched an attack on the Labour leadership at a Sussex campus Q&A on February 4. The Badger has acquired a recording of the event which…
Miliband answers questions in Hove
Last week the leader of the Labour party, Ed Miliband, met with over 200 residents of Brighton and Hove as part of his comprehensive policy review. The event took place…
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…
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…