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...
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The World Economic Forum remains a force for progress
Hundreds of attendees met at the World Economic Forum (WEF) last week in Davos, Switzerland. Since its inception in 1971, the conference...
Why I’m choosing solidarity with Soleimani’s victims, instead of my comrades
Earlier this month, the world woke up to the news that Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian Major General had been assassinated by a drone strike...
Shinzo Abe and Japan’s Second Sunrise
Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has a belated new year’s resolution: establishing a “new era of Japanese diplomacy,'' according to a...
Turbulent Times For The Monarchy - Yet It Should Still Stand
With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, announcing they’re jetting off to Canada, stepping down as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and...
The SNP have no mandate for a second independence referendum
Insanity, as Einstein once said, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. When political discourse is...
Understanding the new wave of Middle Eastern protests
The first Arab Spring began in 2011 due to civil unrest and ended in 2013 with either Arab governments quashing the protests with force,...
Greta Thunberg: too much power for a teenager?
Greta Thunberg has been under the spotlight for the past year. She gained immediate popularity after being spotted outside the Swedish...
Andrew Harrop on Jeremy Corbyn, anti-Semitism and the general election
Andrew Harrop is the General Secretary of the Fabian Society – a socialist think tank, partnered with the Labour Party. As I got the...
Will the 2019 election be a victory for independent candidates?
British politics in 2019 will be defined by paralysis and flexibility. The House of Commons has been intransigent in failing to pass...
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