politics

Down and Out in Paris and London is more than just a novel. It’s an analysis of poverty so profound and real that the reader is made to feel dirty, cold, and rejected by the ruthless society of the 1930s. It’s also terribly relevant in a…

We live in perhaps the most interesting times in generations. After decades of sterile, stage-managed politics where spin doctors and spads would dictate more policy than the PM, our current political discourse seems more similar to the…

It’s been a strange night. The 2017 General Election has resulted in a hung parliament, the worst possible scenario for the Conservatives. Who would have thought it just seven weeks ago, when the election was called on the back of a Tory…

For the majority of us, it’s universal knowledge that the Middle East is both a political and economic point of tension - including the injustice which we see throughout Western media. Conflicts such as the crises of Syria and Afghanistan…

Earlier today, in an unscheduled speech outside her residence at Downing Street, the Prime Minster called for a snap General Election. Scheduled to take place on the 8th June, the election follows the recent triggering of Article 50 of the…

2016, politically, will probably be remembered as the year that populism struck a blow to word politics. The campaign for Brexit, spearheaded by Nigel Farage, a man who has never been elected to Parliament despite trying 5 times, won mainly…

You may remember the Labour Party's internal party elections, whereby members had the option to vote online. With this in mind, it is feasible that the future of UK general elections might follow suit. However, is becoming a digital…

Art is a form of liberation. It grants a means of expression to the silenced, the marginalised or just the pissed off. When we lose faith in art, the end won’t be too far away.

There is a whole section of society, cut off from democracy and unable to make any kind of impact in the country that they do so much for, ridiculed as "mentally unfit" and dismissed as having greater concerns than voting. 100 years ago,…

The UK’s pubs and dark rooms are among the most honest places when it comes to music. An acoustic artist spilling their life story, background and even their upbringing into a set before strangers can be an intimate, often relatable affair.…

George Galloway has apparently made a feature-length documentary about Tony Blair, centring around Blair's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 and his fall from grace into greed. The film is directed by Sanne van den Bergh and Greg Ward,…

Ataturk - the man who modernised Turkey to such a degree that you will find his face plastered across the insides of many Turkish classrooms today. He is glorified by Turkish people, and I can understand why. For years, Ottoman rule of…

The report, which examines Britain's role and culpability in the Iraq War, will be released on Wednesday

Politics and Opinion Editor Tony Diver takes a look at the events of the last week, and tries to make sense of the future for Britain after Brexit.

Following the UK’s vote to leave the EU last Thursday, Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership has been called into question by members of his shadow cabinet. A leadership coup began with shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn telling Corbyn he had no…