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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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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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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Matthew Oulton explores the controversies surrounding Inheritance Tax and whether it should be replaced.
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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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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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Matthew Oulton looks at whether salary transparency would be beneficial to decreasing pay gaps or infringe on people's privacy.
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In the face of rising cases, localised outbreaks, and continued serious threat to health and the economy, the government have introduced new measures over the past few weeks to try and stem the second wave of Covid-19. They have presented us with a sombre trade-off between health and the economy,...
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The Government’s long-awaited ‘Domestic Abuse Bill,’ had added to it an amendment proposed by Labour MP Jess Philips to close the ‘rough sex defence loophole.’ The bill, which still has to pass through the House of Lords, explicitly prevents those prosecuted with bodily harm claiming that it was carried out...
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Two of our writers comment on the implications of the government’s new plans to tackle obesity. ‘A good start’ Following his first-hand experience of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has turned his attention to another crisis: obesity. With the threat of a second wave still looming, the general poor fitness of the...
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Matthew Oulton argues that we must radically rethink the way we work in a post-pandemic world.
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