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Things aren’t looking good for the Union, but breaking it apart would be another self-inflicted trag
For 312 years, Scotland, England and Wales have been united in one of the most successful political unions in history. With Northern...


The slippery tentacles of war: The UK and Saudi Arabia
There are many arguments for the UK’s support of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. Senior politicians have touted the intelligence...

Labour’s ‘Six Tests’ on Brexit: Feasible or a Fantasy?
The past few months in politics have been characterised by: ‘What if Theresa May cannot get her deal through’, ‘when will she resign’,...


UK Government Gamble over ‘Loot Boxes’
In November 2018, the Gambling Commission produced a new report on gambling amongst children, with their headline findings including that...


Peter Hitchens: ‘The church is no longer a voice for Christians’
When meeting Peter Hitchens, you learn one thing; you are not the smartest person in the room. This is a man whose breadth of knowledge...


A health service for the 21st Century
The NHS was born out of consensus: the agreement that healthcare should be free at the point of delivery to tackle society’s ills. 70...


Brexit: take it from the people's hands
Recently, there have been calls for a second EU referendum. This referendum would likely ask voters three questions whether to: accept a...


Flagship 'Global Britain'
Commissioned in 2007, the HMS Queen Elizabeth will be ready for deployment in 2019, followed shortly by the HMS Prince of Wales in 2023....


Local Elections: Nothing has changed, but the signs are ominous
Last week’s local election results will soon be trivial in comparison to the seismic political events that lie ahead. The imminent...


Saying no to Donald Trump shouldn’t just be an act of gesture politics, it presents us an opportunit
One might assume from the title of this piece that I intend to argue that Britain’s place in the world should be one outside of the...
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