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The embarrassing downfall of Liz Truss's disastrous premiership
By WILL KINGSTON-COX Back in July, I described the events that culminated in Boris Johnson’s resignation as “unprecedented,...


Our shortest-serving Prime Minister: how Truss toppled the Tories
By DANIEL SILLETT They famously say that a week is a long time in politics, but good gracious they were wrong. A mere 24 hours is a long...


Why the Bank of England's measures will not prevent catastrophe
By JAZIR MOHAMMED Andrew Bailey and now former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng discuss economic measures with the IMF Managing Director Let’s...


Liz Truss's U-turns: Is this the end of Conservative rule in Britain?
By ENAYA NIHAL On Friday 14th of October, as we tuned into Liz Truss’s emergency press conference, the UK braced itself for a...


The "mini" budget: an economic crisis authored by the government
By WILL ALLEN On 23rd September the Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, presented a budget in all but name – a ‘mini’ budget that he insisted was...


Boris Johnson’s legacy – is ‘Johnsonism’ here to stay?
As featured in Edition 41, available here. By Ravi Maini (2nd year - Politics and International Studies and French - Leicester, United...


Missing in Action: The UK economy neglected by absence of fiscal policy
As featured in Edition 41, available here. By FINLAY HEALY (3rd year - History and Politics - London, United Kingdom) We are in an...


Liz Truss: A new era, or the end of the Tories?
By JAMIE SPRATT ‘We import two thirds of our cheese. That. Is. A. Disgrace.’ These are the words spoken by our new Prime Minister, Liz...


Obituary: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
From the EDITORS The United Kingdom has changed rather a lot over the past years. Even in this past decade the nation has altered its...


Red meat promises to the Conservative Party could win the leadership but won’t be kept
By TOM ZUNDEL “There is no magic money tree”. Theresa May’s words were part-and-parcel of Conservative economics for much of the last 40...
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