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Opinion: Reinstating the Death Penalty – Is it really that radical?

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

The monotonous tyranny of grey, dull, and plastic politics that has defined our current Prime Minister’s time in office has finally been punctuated

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Opinion: Starmer’s Labour doesn’t offer change

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 By Andrew Trovalusci

TW: mention of sexual assault and racism At the end of last year, the Labour Party released a report led by Gordon Brown

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Opinion: How the term ‘Far-Right’ now has almost no meaning

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

Far-right has a meaning, I’m told, but whatever that meaning is, it is almost unique in being totally elusive to any description of

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OPINION: The Art of Stepping Down: Politicians Should Take Note from Jacinda Ardern

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 By Ciara Howard

“I am human, politicians are human. We give all that we can for as long as we can. And then it’s time. And

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Opinion: Republican Battle Royale – Is it just Trump versus DeSantis?

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

As 2023’s first month ends and the time of the 2024 American Presidential election cycle approaches, there has been a somewhat justified amount

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Opinion: The Ghoulish Nightmare of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

TW: content discusses suicide and abuse. Suicide is an extremely sensitive issue in all societies and all generations. Many of us will know

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Opinion: Strikes by the Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick Maker: Is Britain Facing Another Winter of Discontent?

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 By Ciara Howard

Britain has a long history of industrial action, as the working classes have been “withholding their labour as a means of bargaining for better

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Are Political Landslides a Thing of the Past?

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 By Ben Evans

From the US midterms to Brazil’s presidential race, 2022 has witnessed many very closely fought elections. Whilst pollsters have frequently predicted giant waves

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Opinion: Abolishing the House of Lords is a horrible decision for our country

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 By Daniel Bassett

When Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his new plan to essentially move towards abolishing the House of Lords, it was only a matter of

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Opinion: The Liberal Democrats – Who are you again?

December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 By Daniel Bassett

Figuring out what policies a particular political party is leaning towards, or is going to pursue in the short-term but not long-term is

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