Corbyn’s anti-patriotism was never likely to be a vote winner
The polling evidence for Labour’s defeat in the general election last week is pouring in as I type. And while more knowledgeable people than me are workin...
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Voting tactically on unconscionable policies
It is seemingly a time of stark lines in British politics. Talk of division is rampant, fed by the obvious leave-remain binary, as well as the divides between f...
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...
Podcast Ep. 143: Half-Arsedly Manual Cut-Price Neoliberalism
This week we discuss Boris Johnson’s epic fail at the Supreme Court prorogation hearing, Labour’s epic fail to depose its deputy leader Tom Watson a...
Alastair Campbell’s expulsion shows the folly of party loyalty
It is an irresistible irony that a spin doctor has lost his position for telling the truth. But for Alastair Campbell, former comms guy for prime minister Tony ...