This review of Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores how new breakthroughs in economic research have highly-relevant implications for the politics and media in today’s society. Continue reading Book Review: Thinking Fast & Slow
The far right Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has shocked many countries with an unexpected parliamentary election victory on the 29th of September. Continue reading Austria and the Far Right
The countdown to the 2024 US presidential election has begun with caucuses and primaries kicking off across the country. Unsurprisingly, this election echoes that of 2020 as Biden and Trump are their parties’ leading nominees. Allan Lichtman, a historian who … Continue reading 2024 Presidential Election (Taylor’s Version)
The COVID-19 Inquiry is well underway and confirming many things already known to us, such as Number 10’s infamous lockdown parties and the UK government’s lack of preparation. However, the inquiry has recently exposed something deeply rotten; the innate misogyny … Continue reading What a State: The Sexism Epidemic in Number 10
I spent two months in northern France volunteering for Care4Calais, a charity that supports refugees across the UK and France. I have written a couple of poems about the refugee crisis and my experiences on the French-British border: Today, Together … Continue reading The Refugee Crisis
Tuesday 2nd May Oral Questions – Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office MPs will question ministers from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about a variety of issues. This will be the first opportunity for MPs to scrutinise FCDO ministers at … Continue reading This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 1 May
This will be a weekly feature where contributor Max Booth outlines the week ahead in parliament. Monday 24th April Non-Domestic Rating Bill – Second Reading This bill proposes: • Business rates valuations made more frequent, from 3 years to 5 … Continue reading This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 24 April
The world needs to ask itself these crucial questions: Can we attain Paris Treaty goals? If not, what will be our solution? Are we ready to use geoengineering despite all the risks? The answers to these questions will determine the future of climate policy. Continue reading Can the World Attain the Paris Agreement Goals Without Geoengineering?
Boris Johnson’s premiership started off on a promising note thanks to a huge electoral victory in 2019; now his reputation is at a new low having been forced to resign by a party he once led and now grilled in front of a parliamentary privileges committee Continue reading Partygate: “Clocks go forward, Boris goes backwards”
This week seems to have thrown up similar topics of conversation to last; the SNP’s leadership, and Keir Starmer, among other things. The Labour leader, after ruling out Corbyn’s return to the Parliamentary Labour Party last week, is forging on … Continue reading This week in British Politics #4: A Guide Through the Headlines (Monday 20 Feb to Friday 24 Feb)
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