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Extinction Rebellion: how effective and inclusive is the movement?
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest at Canning Town Station on the 17th October has pushed the discussion around the group’s tactics...
Remainers may have won the battle, but they’ve lost the war
There was joy at the second referendum march in Parliament Square on Saturday as the Letwin Amendment passed 322 votes to 306 against....
Does unparliamentary language incite violence?
Brexit, off the back of a referendum won on small margins and huge regional differences, is naturally polarising. The question posed to...
Scandal of The Decade - The Carl Beech Affair
The case of Carl Beech, and more importantly its aftermath, remains, in my view, the most underreported and underappreciated news item in...
The Irish Problem - Why Bother?
Ireland has, for most of its history, been an object of English colonial ambitions. Whether that be the Normans, the Tudors or the...
Compromise - Detestable or Desirable?
Politics today is polarised. Wherever you look in the world, it is tricky to disagree with that statement. Since populist parties of the...
London Mayoral Election: The Ultimate Contest of Ideas
As a Londoner living in the Midlands for University, I often feel rather detached from my home city. But, fear not, Perspectives readers,...
Naga Munchetty and her battle over truth and neutrality
I saw Naga Munchetty in the news a few weeks back. Something about ‘breaching BBC reporting guidelines’. I’ll confess I gave it little...
We need to see less of David Cameron
David Cameron had undoubtedly become conspicuous by his long political absence, even causing the true sage of modern political thought,...
‘Bollocks to Brexit’ – the Transformation of the Lib Dems
“It is with great sadness that I’ve come to realise the Conservative Party is no longer the party I joined over 20 years ago.” These were...
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