The title of this article may alarm you, but don’t worry I’m not going all stop the war coalition on you. ISIS has gripped the western imagination unlike any other terror group in modern memory; they’ve done something even Al-Qaeda didn’t think was possible which is to form and establish a Caliphate. The formation … More ISIS isn’t the problem
While I believe Labour needs a fresh General Election to truly emerge from the long shadow of Corbynism as i highlighted in my previous article Labour itself has a chance to rid itself of Corbyn and his top team without electoral annihilation. The upcoming leadership election will pit Corbyn against either Angela Eagle or Owen … More Can Corbyn be defeated?
As Theresa May has appointed a new cabinet the question of the need for another General Election has been raised by many. People who are urging for a new General Election consist of two groups, one group believes that as there has been a change of Prime Minister then it is necessary for Teresa May … More Labour needs an election
Jeremy Corbyn has become almost a mythical figure to many of those who support him. Forever kind and gentle, always on the right side of justice and of course always open to debate. These myths about Corbyn propagated by those who support him have been able to take hold, and now the party is paying … More The Corbyn nightmare
When Labour voted for Jeremy Corbyn I knew it was a suicidal move, it was the decision of a party unsure of its values and desperate to rediscover them at any cost. Instead of investigating why we lost as a movement, we looked to the past in the hope that everything old can be made … More Labour’s civil war
As I was walking into the conference hall in Leicester I was greeted with the grim of sight of some poor souls selling the socialist worker, this was to be a grim reminder of what the Labour had become. Beyond the clapping, verve and passion that was displayed at De Montfort University, I couldn’t rid … More My experience of regional conference
Just a few days ago it was national coming out day; this is a day where people can either come out or celebrate the day they came out whether that be to friends or family. It’s a recognition of a celebration in our land of equal opportunity, where sexual orientation being a cause for discrimination … More Coming out day
The Conservative party conference certainly hasn’t been forgotten, least of all by the 60,000+ protest movement which has descended on it. What was supposed to be an event for the politically obsessed has descended into a story of intimidation, hatred, and fear. The protest movement which Jeremy Corbyn wished to unleash is well and truly … More “Tory scum” is the sound of electoral death
I was in my pyjamas when Jeremy Corbyn gave his first conference speech as Labour leader. It was passionate, and delivered with alacrity, but that was the singular stylistic positive. As a whole the speech was rambling, and disjointed,when it was essential to have clarity and structure. If I am honest I found it difficult … More Corbyn’s speech spoke to the base but no-one else
You cannot be both radical and pragmatic, they are two different strands of thinking. Being radical is adopting a far-reaching change into the fundamental nature of something; if you’re being pragmatic you’re accepting that theoretical considerations have to give way to the reality of the situation. In essence, being pragmatic and radical at the same … More radicalism and pragmatism
Thoughts of a Politics student 