Is Jo Swinson racist and sexist?
I don’t usually go in for seeing bigotry in every passing comment, but Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson’s complaint that “six white men stuck in the past” ...
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A hopeful weekend could see defeat for the anti-democrats
For a leaver who took Tony Benn’s view that the EU was not democratic enough, the past few years have been dispiriting to witness. Politicians’ gorm...
British poll workers have minimal means of detecting election fraud
While the Conservative government’s Queen’s speech has fairly been derided as an election broadcast by other means, one policy has been taken seriou...
Moderate language puts limits on political criticism
Following the rancour in our newly recalled Parliament (or our never prorogued Parliament, if you believe the Supreme Court), the call for “moderationR...
Universities’ influence on jobs remains a huge obstacle to social mobility
The British have an unhealthy obsession with schooling. At a time of vague if well-nurtured class boundaries there remains an easily understood boundary between...