Tag: Politics

The worst political word of our time is ‘delivery’, says Prof James Alexander. It's on the lips of every politician, but this "Amazonisation" of politics completely misunderstands what politics is about.

Keir Starmer is planning to let 40,000 prisoners out of jail in a novel approach to easing overcrowding. Prisoners serving less than four years are set to be automatically released after serving 40% of their sentence.

Labour will win because the public are rejecting the Tories' failed attempt at technocratic government, says Dr David McGrogan. But they will soon reject Labour's technocracy too. A new kind of government is needed.

The verdict is in, and it's not good news for Donald Trump. Or is it? Everything you need to know about the historic criminal conviction of a US President.

A Green Party election candidate is embroiled in an antisemitism scandal over social media posts slamming "Jew-lovers" and claiming Mossad is behind ISIS.

If the ECHR can decide that a failure by states to protect citizens against the 'harms' of climate change is a human rights violation, it can decide that anything is, and democracy is undermined, says Dr David McGrogan.

Meet Kacper Surdy, a 20 year-old British student whose Twitter/X account @Ringwiss has made him an unlikely go-to resource for Washington's top policymakers.

Counter-terror and extremism experts, including former Conservative home secretaries, are warning against exploiting extremism for political gain ahead of Michael Gove's controversial new anti-extremism plan.

Nigel Farage will join the launch of Liz Truss's new 'Popular Conservatism' movement, advocating for hardline policies on immigration and tax cuts, marking the former Prime Minister's determined return to politics.

Gary Lineker ought to be an obscure figure, says Dr David McGrogan, but the fact he is central to the national debate symbolises much of what is wrong with the way things are going. He exudes the midwit phenotype.