Moving the Civil Service out of London won’t fully devolve power
Matthew Oulton argues that the relocation of some civil servants is a move for publicity, not for change, and argues that devolution is needed to spread power.
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Restricting the power of social media giants must be an international effort
In a coup, the first thing you seize is the Media. The reasons are obvious: if you control the information people access, you can influence what they think. This is common knowledge to states all around the world. The private companies that control the information we have access wield enormous...
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Parliament and the pantomime villain: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage
Trigger Warning: this article contains discussion of racism, homophobia, and prejudice “If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought,” wrote George Orwell in his 1946 essay ‘Politics and the English Language’. In it, he bemoans the ‘state’ of the English language and discusses the way politics shapes language and,...
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The vaccine rollout must be truly global
Matthew Oulton explores the consequences of the EU briefly imposing Article 16 of the Northern Irish Protocol, arguing that any vaccine rollout must be truly global to have a meaningful effect.
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Delaying local elections will set a dangerous precedent
Matthew Oulton argues that local elections should not be delayed further than September.
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Donald Trump’s use of capital punishment is shameful
Matthew Oulton examines the increase in capital punishment in the final two months of Donald Trump's presidency and condemns the use of the death penalty.
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You say you want a revolution
If it happened in a film, we’d dismiss it as unbelievable. Last night, an angry mob, many illegally armed, descended from the White House to the US Capitol, home of the Congress. Their goal – to prevent the certification of the Presidential election that took place in November. Their strategy...
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The rise and fall of Dominic Cummings
At the heart of the biggest realignment of British politics in the last 20 years was one man. Working for the Conservatives, but not a Tory, targeting the working-class, but married to an aristocrat, the enigmatic Dominic Cummings took the Conservatives from a party of liberal metropolitan constituencies to the...
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Politicisation of the vaccine marks the start of a disturbing trend
Matthew Oulton analyses the government's use of nationalist messaging, arguing it will increase when the Brexit transition period concludes at the end of 2020.
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Inheritance Tax: right or wrong?
Matthew Oulton explores the controversies surrounding Inheritance Tax and whether it should be replaced.
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Trumpism has not yet been defeated
Matthew Oulton analyses Donald Trump's failure to win the 2020 election, arguing that the ideology of Trumpism will long outlast the President's electoral defeat.
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What role do political beliefs play in climate activism?
Tackling climate change feels like it should be an apolitical issue. However, in recent years centre-left parties have been increasingly backing pro-climate policies, whilst the right remains largely unmoved. This divide has politicised the climate issue, transforming every common-sense method to tackle climate change into a political grenade, waiting to explode in...
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Salary transparency: egalitarian future or nightmarish dystopia
Matthew Oulton looks at whether salary transparency would be beneficial to decreasing pay gaps or infringe on people's privacy.
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