By Isabella Joseph From the moment he took office in 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy found himself to be the subject of palpable public dislike. A hatred so irrational, in fact, that those who heard his policies without his name attached to them, supported them. This public aversion to Sarkozy’s personality soon translated into political sabotage. French voters delivered a definitive, almost personal, act of democratic spite; the electoral outcome was a testament to voter anger that sa

The House of Lords has tabled, a record-breaking, 900 amendments to the proposed Assisted Dying Bill. Kim Leadbetter, MP, warned that some of the amendments looked designed to "try and stop the Bill passing through Parliament." Indeed, it seems that 579 amendments have been tabled by seven opponents, sparking a letter from 65 supportive peers, to their colleagues, urging them not to frustrate the will of the Commons. In this moment, where the Bill's future hangs in the balan

By Maryam Munshi President Trump takes yet another stride toward American authoritarianism through his deployment of National Guard troops in Democrat-led cities. As neither the military occupation of Los Angeles, nor that of Washington D.C., satisfied the administration’s crusade against  “lawlessness”  troops have now expanded into Memphis. With ongoing attempts to enter Chicago and Portland currently being disputed in court, we’re left wondering— who really is the “lawless

By Adrian Khodavardar  In the lead-up to the UK’s next general election, the spotlight has shifted from televised debates and print media to a newer political arena: short-form videos and algorithmic feeds. At the centre of this shift is Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, using TikTok not as a side project but as a core component of its communication strategy. The question is whether TikTok has created a new populist pipeline for Reform UK or if it merely amplifies frustrations