Across the country many people are celebrating the contributions of black people throughout history for Black History Month. It is celebrated annually in February in the United States and now in October here in […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Identity politics is wrong
The BBC has been heavily criticised recently for deciding to sack the BAFTA-award winning comedian Jon Holmes, who happens to be a white man. He has worked on the Radio 4 programme, “The Now Show”, […]
Why Black Lives Matter still matters
Whilst scientists have solved the puzzle of what came first: the chicken or the egg, many sane people are still puzzled by the question of what came first: the troll or the alt-right? The alt-right […]
Stop beliddleing women!
After reading Rod Liddle’s misogynistic piece on Emma Watson, all you can do is gasp. The irony is perfect. A speech at the UN on fighting for the equality of women, dismissed as ‘whiny, leftie, […]
Goodbye Ban Ki-Moon
While the presidential elections take the limelight, the race for the next United Nations Secretary-General trundles along in the background, as Ban Ki-Moon made his final address to the General Assembly last month. A Secretary-General […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Third Party, No Starty
It’s the presidential race of 2016 and look how far we come. From a time in 2012, when even the slightest slip of the tongue would spell disaster for a candidate, to the colourful politics […]
Every child has merit
I’m a firm believer that the postcode of the bed you’re born in, what your parents did for a living, your background, your identity or, more pertinently, the results of an exam you did in […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Brexit means Brexit, but what on Earth is going on?
The in-out referendum has had seismic effects on British politics; we’ve seen a prime minister depart, an ultimately unsuccessful leadership challenge against the leader of the opposition, and talk of a second independence referendum in […]
How Clinton trumped Trump
The first presidential debate of the 2016 race will no doubt go down as one of the most surreal political moments in recent history. Trump, a loud mouthed xenophobe known for a challenging debating style […]
Left for dead: Why Labour must not forget the middle ground
After consolidating his position following re-election, Jeremy Corbyn will be the man leading Labour into the next General Election. Buoyed by an even greater margin of victory, he and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell unveiled their […]
How ‘the Donald’ gained his appeal
November’s presidential election in America has proved unprecedented, with a non-conservative lacking in any political experience crushing the Republican Party’s establishment. Not only that, but Donald Trump seems near-impervious to every scandal which has beset […]
Labour needs to get its head out of the clouds
The Tories. They’ve been in power for six years now, implementing a deeply unpopular programme of austerity; making numerous miscalculations along the way on things like tax credits, junior doctors and corruption scandals; enduring a […]