This is a rather significant departure from my normal writings. Usually, I tap out a piece on US politics or international affairs, or terrorism. This is different. This is something that I have been deliberating a lot on recen...
Which political parties should take part in the General Election Debates depends on what you think each of them stands for: if you view them as purely Prime Ministerial debates, then only David Cameron and Ed Miliband should ta...
As young people, it’s easy for us to feel as though our voices aren’t being heard and as though our opinion doesn’t matter when it comes to politics. It rarely seems as though politicians care about what the y...
“Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?” Robert Orben’s comedic take on pre-election build-up takes on new meaning for Britain’s 2015 General E...
Tuition fees have become a key battleground in the election campaign. What are the parties promising? Who has the best deal for students? From violent protests on the streets of London to Nick Clegg’s infamous “I’m sorry...
The newly independent Tory government has provided further indication of its brazen radicalism. Following the Queen’s Speech in May, during which plans were announced for a new “counter-extremism bill” that will brin...