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Imagecredits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grenfell_Tower_fire_(wider_view).jpg Nine years after the Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives, Britain continues to remember. Every June, green hearts appear across London, politicians issue statements, newspapers publish retrospectives, communities gather to honour those who lost their lives to one of the worst residential fires in modern British history. Yet each anniversary raises an uncomfortable question:…
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source: https://thedispatch.com/article/mamdani-new-york-antisemitism-jewish-community/ Before the latter half of 2025, no one had ever heard of Zohran Mamdani. As a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, Mamdani was someone who was never expected to gain mainstream traction, especially in a country which demonises the very utterance of socialism. The concurrent Democratic primary and mayoral election proved a shocking yet uplifting surprise for New York City. Despite…
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source: wikipedia commons In a country scarred by decades of neoliberalism, it seems almost farcical that the party that is predicted to win the largest number of seats is offering the same, only worse. Nigel Farage has presented Reform UK as a rebellion against the status quo, but beneath his promises of “common sense” lies an agenda – one…
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Rebel Labour MPs rally behind Andy Burnham as Keir Starmer faces leadership challenge | LBC The UK Prime Minister has given up (again). After 23 months as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer officially resigned on 22nd June 2026, triggering a scramble for leadership from Labour MPs. Despite describing his government as a “10 year project of…
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Image Credit: NY Times and The Mirror The UK is in the (swelteringly) hot seat; our government’s actions now will shape our future on this, our only home! The recent heatwave sweeping across Europe has shattered records across the continent. The sizzling35.1C recorded at Kew Gardens set a temperature record for May, breaking the long-held title…
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Image credit: Palace of Westminster, Wikimedia Commons A teacher, a warehouse worker, and an MP walk into a bar. Only two of them are liable to criticism, apparently. Newly elected Gorton and Denton MP Hannah Spencer has recently come under fire from MPs after exposing a drinking culture within Parliament. The Green MP questioned Keir Starmer…
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Image credit: https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/how-farage-rakes-in-his-riches-mandrake/ Nigel Farage, the supposed anti-establishment outsider, is facing a standards probe into a £5 million personal gift he received from a Thai-based crypto billionaire in 2024. This eye-watering sum of money, given before the MP for Clacton had announced his parliamentary campaign, mysteriously did not appear on his register of interests. Instead, Farage…
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Image credit: Welsh government What should we do when the unthinkable happens? The 7th of May elections in Wales and Scotland pose many such questions, one that the Labour Party must now answer following their historic loss of the Welsh parliament for the first time since the successful devolution referendum in 1997. This was an abject failure…
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A couple of months ago I wrote a piece discussing the state of Labour and their time in office. Safe to say, it wasn’t the most glowing of reviews. The local elections that happened last week suggest that the public agrees with me – but only somewhat. Labour has not been punished as much as…
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Image credit: BBC When George Finch assumed the position of leading Warwickshire County Council in July 2025, he asked to be judged by his actions as leader. Given the double whammy of both his young age and politics as a Reform member whipping up a storm of prejudice against him, this was not the most…