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The Sunak Budget: not perfect, but promising
The 11th March was Rishi Sunak’s big day: he was to present his first budget as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The combination of his...
Unjust Deportations
The recent deportations to Jamaica shows there is one rule for white people and another for minorities. A deportation flight carrying 17...
Reflections on Brexit
When the United Kingdom finally left the EU at 11pm on the 31st January 2020, I was one of the many people attending a ‘Brexit Party’....
Caroline Flack and the Prospect of People, Not Profit, Driven Media
In the clamour following Caroline Flack’s death, the only thing constant is the desire for change. Out of frenzied grief- as is common...
Government reports must be open, frank and honest
I don’t remember a lot about my early years in education, but the feelings that never left me were those relating to criticism. Whether...
After Streatham - How our Discussions of Terrorism Fail to Create Solutions
There always appears, in any discussion of terrorism, two essential tensions within the discourse. One is the familiar problem so...
Is online shopping the 'nail in the coffin' for the UK high street?
The death of the British high street happened long ago; online shopping is merely the nail in the coffin. The demise of the cherished...
The politics behind the cabinet reshuffle
Last week, cabinet members were nervously biting their nails in anticipation of Boris Johnson’s second cabinet reshuffle. A reshuffle...
Cabinet reshuffles should be based on policy, not personality
In most circumstances, there is nothing wrong with a reshuffle. In a small organisation, it may allow people to develop their talents by...
Following Britain: Will other countries join in leaving the EU?
The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is unprecedented. Not only did it come as a surprise to many European countries, it...
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