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The action in Dover came as a surprise because hard right groups are getting better at operating below the radar. There will be more “protests” like this to come

Bremain in Spain is campaigning for a strong & close relationship with the EU and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain.

The founder of Riverford says it is running out of water as drought is declared in the South West.

If it doesn't happen, "power in every postcode" will take its place alongside levelling up: a phrase that moved attention around the country without ever moving power.

In late 1968, the Ministry of Technology published Changing to the Metric System: Background and Progress, a comprehensive explanation of why the United Kingdom needed to adopt the metric system an…

Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...

Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...

It only takes 30 seconds

I believe it’s legal.

In English local elections, the voting system means councils often don’t reflect the way people actually voted. That leaves many voters feeling powerless, because even when lots of people vote for cha...

With England now a five-party system, first past the post feels less and less democratic

Political fragmentation ahead of this week's local elections could see council seats being won with minimal vote share, say leading political scientists.

YouTube video by Scientists for EU

The news that Iran has managed to shoot down 2 American aircraft should not lead us to get carried away with the idea that the US Air Force is losing the war, or that American dominance of the skies h...

The news that Sir Kier Starmer has realised that getting closer to the EU is the only sensible thing to do, in light of the complete mess that Trump’s America is making of the world we thought we knew...

While many parties are jumping on the band wagon, Reform is calling for a cut in fuel duty to be paid for by ending all green subsidies and commitments to net zero.

Yesterday I watched some of PMQs (Prime Minister’s Questions), a weekly opportunity to grill the PM in parliament.

I must start today’s blog with an apology.

Away from the purely battlefield analysis of the war with Iran, which the US is winning but not enough to stop Iran running a long term, extremely damaging and costly campaign, what do recent events t...

I am always rather sceptical about the “What if?” genre of history, purely on the grounds that it didn’t happen so what is the point of wondering about it.

After a couple of recent blogs on nuclear war and Brexit now onto the real big issue of the our time.