In under a week, a petition calling for a new election has gathered 1,750,000 signatures, accusing Starmer's Labour of breaking promises and pushing unpopular policies like cutting pensioner subsidies.
According to politics professor James Alexander, the dirty little secret of British politics is the leader of the Labour Party can never be a women. If that happened, all hell would break loose.
Have we "lurched to the Right" or "gone down the rabbit hole"? Mainstream media is full of unflattering descriptions of dissent from Establishment orthodoxy, says Prof James Alexander, and they're rarely helpful.
Two of the deepest shadows overhanging our culture are the psychic toll of Covid and the fact that men and women are diverging politically. What’s rarely noted, says Conor Fitzgerald, is that these things are linked.
What's Keir Starmer's greatest achievement to date? Well, it's not exactly a crowded field, says Prof James Alexander, but coining the phrase "Heineken phrase" would get his vote. Probably.
Are we are all Whigs now, asks Prof James Alexander. "If any historical time looks like ours it is the Whig era of Walpole, when the entire system was tied up in 'establishments' and nets of corruption."
Anti-immigration campaigner Tommy Robinson is labelled "far-Right" by the media, but he calls himself a "centrist". Should we believe him, asks Professor James Alexander.
Politics today is a runaway train driven by emotional 'kitsch' rather than reason, turbocharged by tech's global hype machine. Make sure you're sitting close to the emergency exit, says Dr David McGrogan.
The sweeping House of Commons reforms proposed by Green MP Ellie Chowns are evidence that the Mrs Dutt-Pauker types have moved from Peter Simple's columns into public life. We're in for a bumpy ride, says Sean Walsh.
The Muslim Vote wants Labour to abolish Victorian ‘spiritual influence’ laws that prevent religious leaders from swaying voters, but Steven Tucker argues that in cities like Leicester these laws are more vital than ever.
