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For the second time in 7 years, First Past the Post has failed to give any party a clear majority, which is the only damn thing it’s meant to be good at. So now we have a hung parliament and the Conservatives are planning to form a minority government with the support of the DUP,
This will be one of the most decisive elections in our lifetimes. Realistically, we have a choice between Labour and Conservative, there is no wriggle room to waste votes pretending we live in a democracy. I say that as someone who is not a member of a political party and would, under different circumstances, be
The manner in which the media establishment conducts political discourse has always been an underhand, cloak and dagger affair. The rise of the self-proclaimed “alt-right” has been followed by a toxic, bloated tsunami of self-proclaimed political commentators and journalists that make the mainstream media seem tame and unbiased in comparison. You’ve probably heard of
Despite the political thunderstorm that the UK is currently stumbling through, a fantastic piece of legislation called the “Taxes for Peace Bill” is being put forward by Labour MP Ruth Cadbury. This Bill is an extension of the right to conscientiously object to being involved with military action which was introduced in the 1916 Military Service
Theresa May has ascended to the Iron throne and the Conservative party, with their usual brutal efficiency, closed ranks around her the millisecond Leadsom resigned. It’s almost comical that the Tories embody ‘solidarity’ within their party far more than Labour at this time. Since her coronation, May has appointed her Four Horsemen of Brexit: Boris
So, much to the Conservative Party’s eternal happiness, the Labour Party will be stuck in a leadership election until late September. Despite already knowing the result, the right of the Labour party seems determined to eviscerate all hopes of electing a Labour Government. It has always puzzled me, the Blairite plan for the Labour Party
So the three-headed hydra has been reduced to two heads with Michael Gove being knocked out of the Conservative Leadership race. Now Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom will have to persuade the 150 000 Conservative members, 0.2% of the population, to elect them as prime minister. I wanted to make a joke about how more
