The Benidorm “Gaze”: How Social Media Mockery Feeds Reform’s Narrative
A specific trend has proliferated on British social media: the “Benidorm Clip.” Accounts like Benidorm Clips or Benidorm Now have sprouted across Instagram, featuring seemingly impartial footage of retired white…
Reform Society Launch Triggers Campus Backlash
A new political society linked to Reform UK is facing strong reactions from students and has prompted renewed debate around free speech, inclusion, and political organising on campus. Approved earlier…
Reform’s Racist Rampage in South East England
Now, this may be a news article – but I’ve got to admit it is pretty impossible (I refuse) to write a neutral article discussing a racist political party which…
Reform of school inspection systems
New research from the London School of Economics shows that schools that failed their Ofsted inspections went on to improve their test scores. A lecturer at the University of Sussex,…
MP Caroline Lucas fights for UK drug policy reform
Caroline Lucas has been gathering information from a wide variety of sources in order to put pressure on the national government to reassess current UK drug policy and consider an…
A ballot-proof police force?
Last month I received a personal letter from the Home Secretary. It read: Dear Gabriel, I am pleased to offer you a place on the National Police Commissioners Selection Panel.…
Academics call for 'pick-and-mix' degrees
The long-established system of three-year degrees is being brought into review by the higher education system, a new report has revealed. According to universities in the UK, students need to…