President Donald Trump on the 13th of February was found to be not guilty and acquitted from his second impeachment trial, on the matter of whether he had incited the Capitol riot or not. If […]
Trump’s last power move: The rapid execution of 13 inmates on death row
The death penalty has been in decline for a number of years. Trump, however, had reversed this towards the end of his presidency, becoming the most prolific execution president in over a century after he […]
Disinformation and the 6th of January: who could have seen this coming?
Alice Spall analyses the attempted coup in the US. Should it really come as such a surprise?
BLM protests vs Capitol riots: police action
On the 6th of January, thousands of Trump supporters broke into the United States Capitol and proceeded to occupy, vandalize, destroy and loot parts of the building. The shocking pro-Trump riot was an attempt to […]
Biden begins to dismantle Trump’s legacy
Despite having only been in office for a few days, Biden has already taken great pains to differentiate his administration from his predecessor’s. The new President signed 17 executive orders throughout his first day in […]
Will 2021 bring more doom and gloom?
On New Year’s Eve, we raised our glasses and drank a toast to the new year, reassuring ourselves that 2021 will hopefully be a step back to normality. However, our wishes have yet to be […]
What might Trump’s post-presidency look like?
Donald Trump’s presidency defied many significant political norms, making it reasonable to expect that his post-presidency will be the same. After his term ends on 20th January 2021, Trump is going to have a lot […]
Will Trumpism outlive Trump?
Donald Trump is set to leave the White House following his defeat by Joe Biden in a historically significant election. Yet whilst Trump the man joins the invite-only club of one-term Presidents, Trumpism- the ideology […]
Biden wins the White House, but Trump refuses to go
Biden won a coalition of support spanning from Democratic Socialists like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, all the way through to the wife of John McCain, the Republican who ran against Barrack Obama in 2008.
A crisis of truth: How have conspiracy theories been allowed to flourish in the mainstream?
Speculations and rumours are nothing new. Many significant events have been followed by a mass of conspiracy theories, dreamt up by those distrusting of the mainstream media narrative. The moon landing, 9/11, even the tragedies […]
Donald Trump: A Threat to American Democracy
Biden’s lead in the polls has left Democrats highly hopeful of the future, yet victory may be further away than they think. Amidst President Trump’s attempts to discredit mail-in voting and refusal to commit to […]
Trump tax bombshell – the final nail in the coffin for his re-election.
Last month, the New York Times revealed that President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016, and again in his first year occupying the White House. Furthermore, Trump paid no income tax […]