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Opinion: Journey to the Left- Genuine progress or a show to gain votes?

October 10, 2026October 10, 2026 By Harry Wallace-Knight

In recent years there has been a sharp political shift to the “hard right” of politics, with nearly a quarter of voters in

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Opinion: UK Needs a Protectionist Policy

October 7, 2026October 12, 2026 By Meghan Thomas

In modern politics and current international relations, there has been a rise in the use of protectionist policies, mainly used in the USA

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Walkout at the UN: United Nations or Divided Nations?

October 7, 2026October 9, 2026 By Skye Buckley

On September 24th, the UN General Assembly met under the theme ‘Restoring trust, managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all’. An

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Opinion: Body Fascism – How the Far-Right is Exploiting Skinny Culture 

October 5, 2026October 5, 2026 By Sophie Muir

If you’ve been online in the past year, it will become clear fairly quickly that skinny, once again, is in Vogue. Quite literally.

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The Stateless in a Postcolonial World

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 By Rhys Jones

The return of regional proxy conflicts in the past decade has exposed one of the colonial period’s most consequential failures: the unfulfilled promises

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Opinion: Smoke, Mirrors, and Epst*en class: How War and Scandal Serve the Same Master

March 11, 2026March 13, 2026 By Rida Ali

The Epstein files. The bombs over Tehran. The cost of your weekly shop. These aren’t separate stories. They’re the same story — and they’ve been telling it for decades.

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Regime Change from the Air: What It Means and Has It Worked in the Past?

March 11, 2026March 11, 2026 By Caspian Davies

Two weeks ago, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against Iranian military assets, framing the intervention as an effort to weaken

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Zohran Mamdani: The Secret To His Success

March 2, 2026 By Cara Challand

Political instability is rife across the world today. The US and the UK, both long considered pillars of democracy, are now backsliding, as

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The Federal Reserve: Curb Your Inflation

February 28, 2026February 28, 2026 By Caspian Davies

For anyone who follows the White House on social media page or takes a look at Donald Trump’s own media platform, Truth Social,

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The Role of Risk in Britain’s layered Approach to Deradicalisation

February 25, 2026February 25, 2026 By Hugh Seear

A recent dispute emerged between prison officials and the Parole Board, over the release of Zahid Iqbal, a terrorist who was jailed for

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