Rhys Wallis discusses the Conservative Party’s decision to increase tax, and the potential implications this could have for Boris Johnson.
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Spinners and Losers
Harry Scott-Munro takes a look at the spin behind the evermore frequent government U-turns and whether this is undermining their position on wider issues.
New Zealand’s Election Landslide; what can we learn from Jacinda Ardern’s ‘politics of kindness’?
Eleanor Butler discusses Jacinda Arden’s re-election for a second term as prime minister of New Zealand and how the global political sphere can learn from her as a leader.
Political patriarchs
Print Music Editor Oliver Leader de Saxe breaks down the origins of the most powerful men in the world
Some Vague Utopia – A Brexit Update
Just before Christmas, Theresa May returned from Brussels a hero. In the space of a week she had seemingly salvaged a process that appeared on the brink of collapse, as the Democratic Unionist Party – her government’s only lifeline in the House of Commons – had refused to endorse the preliminary deal on the Irish […]
The Pen from Penryn: Women In Power
Traditionally the discussion of gender and power has been fairly limited – patriarchy has been at the centre of global politics for over two thousand years. Fortunately though, it appears that this male-dominated sphere is finally beginning to change: Theresa May, Nicola Sturgeon, Angela Merkel, Hilary Clinton. In the west, women are winning the votes. […]
Corbyn can be Prime Minister – but his hardest work remains ahead of him
On Saturday 12th September, Labour’s leadership election served as the climax for what has been touted as one of the biggest surprises in recent UK political history. 66 year old Jeremy Corbyn won the election in the first round with a landslide 59.5% of the vote and, alongside Deputy Leader Tom Watson, already has a […]