It is becoming increasingly apparent that Keir Starmer’s dismal time in office is coming to an end. Following historic losses in this month’s local elections, more than 90 Labour MPs have publicly cal...

In the aftermath of the Cold War, scholars such as Francis Fukuyama argued that liberal democracy represented the final stage of ideological evolution, famously framing it as “the end of history.” How...

I had the opportunity to attend An Evening With Zarah Sultana at the University of Surrey, graciously hosted by Amelie Abass. As I entered the building, socialist campaigners unaffiliated with the uni...

If you follow mainstream Irish and Northern Irish press, you may have noticed an uptick this past year in articles referencing “Irish reunification” or “border poll”. There is a push by aligned Irish ...

Every Thursday, I embark on a cross-London journey from South West to North West London, for a jazz choir that I love being a part of. All members are older than me, with the second youngest member of...

In recent weeks, eyes and ears have been focusing on the Middle East. Starmer’s hesitancy to go in behind the Americans and Israelis with all guns blazing has gone down well with the public, and his o...

“I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars.” These were the words of Donald Trump, the self-described “President of Peace”, as he railed against America’s interventions in foreign lands ins...

Politics have become quite boring today. This is not to say that the news is uneventful – five minutes of doomscrolling will quickly put paid to that idea. And the humanitarian cost of it all is mount...

The epithet “they are all as bad as each other” has increasingly become a mantra up and down the country, much to the dismay of canvassers and candidates alike. Green, Tory, Labour, and Reform voters ...

There is a pervasive sense of societal fracture these days. Politics has become defined by dramatic narratives of battle between the Greens and Reform UK based on story rather than rooted in reality. ...

Last month, the BBC reported on a growing cluster of Instagram accounts posting AI-generated images and videos of women with disabilities – including Down’s syndrome, amputations and even fabricated “...

International law was created to act as a check on unrestrained power, yet in practice is only effective at controlling states who are willing to conform, leaving those states whom international law w...

‘For any government official or despot, power over his own people takes precedence over everything else’- Jean Baudrillard In Terry Gilliam’s Kafkaesque black comedy Brazil (1985), Sam Lowry, a low-ra...

Recent weeks have seen alarming headlines suggest that the UK risks serious strife due to limited food production capacity, thereby touching on something that makes the public feel vulnerable at a vis...

The prolonged war in Yemen, which has been locked in a stalemate for a decade, has now entered a new stage. The Southern Transitional Council (STC), supported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a majo...

For the past six months, Westminster has been swirling with rumours that the Prime Minister’s days are numbered. Commentators have been split as to whether the Prime Minister would be challenged follo...

I am not a fast, nor an avid, reader of books. The news and social media sure. TV, films, music, audio books, podcasts, YouTube videos; all are seductively unchallenging compared to sitting down and r...

Three years on from a sweeping victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Polanski becomes Prime Minister, presiding over an undefeatable Green Party majority in the House of Commons. The people of...

Trigger Warning - mention of suicide & violence & sickening greed / minor spoiler alert“You know what it is,” says Ash. “It’s the free jazz. If that gets out…”In the concluding episode of Joseph Bullm...

The slew of Epstein file releases have exposed the grim realities of the mechanics that have kept certain elite networks operating. The trafficking of young women and girls for sex has rightly dominat...

As this article goes to press, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has reportedly been killed in a joint U.S.–Israeli airstrike. His death marks the most dramatic escalation in U.S.–Iran tensions sin...

It was a grey, overcast Thursday after a dreary day of sixth form when I saw Prince William step out, with eyes fixed and ready, to deliver a statement pertaining to BBC impropriety regarding the acqu...

The beginning of 2026 marked a historic turning point in relations between the transitional government led by Ahmed Shara and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Syria. The military defeat of the SD...

Student loans are in the news again. Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision to freeze the repayment threshold of Plan 2 student loans for 3 years after April 2027 has caused an uproar among students who w...

One can only hope that the recent revival of 2016’s fashion trends and mood is ironic. Throughout the 2010s, British fashion was largely casual, often erring on the side of slouchy. From all corners o...

In 2016, Lord Heseltine spent several months in the Tees Valley area, producing an extensive 91 page report titled ‘Tees Valley: Opportunity Unlimited’. He concluded, despite the fact that “Four miles...

While the United States and much of the world was focused on the fallout from the Epstein files, the second phase of the Gaza peace plan began. If the current Trump administration manages to deliver a...

In 2025, British actor Simon Pegg was interviewed in the Criterion Closet, a renowned series where notable people from the filmmaking industry are invited to browse and discuss their favourite movies....

Climber Alex Honnold’s recent ascent of Taipei 101 raises a few questions regarding the modern monetised spectacle. On the 25th of January 2026, Netflix livestreamed Honnold’s climb with a ten second ...

In the late hours of the 6th of February, Donald Trump posted a bizarre, AI generated video that depicted his political opponents as animals on Truth Social. The now-deleted clip had the faces of New ...

With Peter Mandelson once again slinking away from British government with his (apparently forked) tail between his legs, it gives pause for reflection on the dangers inherent in the fact that, at som...

With a grim expression and a somber tone of voice Canadian PM Mark Carney spoke at Davos. He spoke not just to the room of elites in front of him but to civilian populations across the world. The conv...

Back from the brink, Keir Starmer clings on as Prime Minister. It was a tumultuous week when it became common knowledge that Starmer and his then chief of staff Morgan McSweeney were aware of ‘The Pri...

Politics in recent years has frequently been referred to as post-truth. In the age of misinformation, and indeed disinformation, what importance does truth have when a salacious not-quite-truth can do...

Northern Europe’s security centre of gravity has moved north and east since 2022: the Baltic Sea, the GIUK gap, the Norwegian Sea, and Arctic approaches now define the front edge of deterrence and rei...

Just over a month ago, two events occurred that until recently seemed improbable: the direct intervention of the United States in Venezuelan territory and the overthrow, and apparent end, of Nicolás M...

From the federal United States to the hyper-centralised UK, and even in the tightly state-directed system of China, local government is increasingly constrained and hollowed out. The slow-building eme...

The second half of the decade begins with a political map in Latin America radically different from the one that marked its early years. The region enters 2026 undergoing a clear shift to the right, w...

Where Donald Trump’s first tenure as President of the United States was concerned with making America great again, it is quickly becoming apparent he has broadened his horizons with his second innings...

To describe something as a ‘crisis’ is to deem it an urgent issue. Whilst a range of dictionaries provide various definitions, they all hinge on a notion of temporality and immediacy. Many allude to a...

In light of the public murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the death of four detainees in ICE custody so far this year, US citizens are protestin...

Earlier this month, Robert Jenrick was abruptly sacked by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch after screenshots of the Shadow Secretary of State for Justice’s resignation speech were sent to senior figu...

It seems that the era of repetitive politics is over in Japan. Since her inauguration as the first female Prime Minister of Japan, Sanae Takaichi has set a new path for Japan’s foreign policy. Her fir...

Over the weekend, Keir Starmer had to once again confront a problem in the shape of Andy Burnham. The issue was not really a new one for Starmer. In fact, by this point, talk of Andy Burnham angling f...

“When you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you” is a line from Nietzsche, who warned that “whoever fights with monsters should see to it that he does not become a monster.” I recall ...

Relations between the USA and Venezuela experienced one of the most shocking fractures in modern diplomatic history this January when President Maduro was captured by US special forces and taken to Ne...

On December 1st 2025 Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, commonly known as ‘El Hishri’, was surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and is to face trial for war crimes and crimes against human...

The BBC has increasingly found itself under fire over the last few years, with right-wing media and politicians alike finding every possible opportunity to lambast the public-service broadcaster for p...

Only a select few would claim agricultural surpluses are a sexy topic. But in this arena the seeds have been sown for a potential backlash against the current US administration, as recently decimated ...

It was dusk by the time I pulled out of Hasankale station and continued my journey eastward, chasing the evening sun over the Anatolian plains. The family I had shared a cabin and spinach börek with f...