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Oct 30, 2022

The Dangerous and Destructive Consensus Around Austerity Needs To Be Challenged

A dangerous and destructive political consensus has formed in British politics that places ‘fiscal responsibility’ at the core of both main party’s political agendas. Just ten days ago at the TUC conference Keir Starmer pledged to not ‘take any risks with the public finances’ as he sought to position Labour…

Politics

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The Dangerous and Destructive Consensus Around Austerity Needs To Be Challenged
The Dangerous and Destructive Consensus Around Austerity Needs To Be Challenged
Politics

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An Injustice!

·Jun 15, 2021

What Pride Means to Me

I was born in 1985. In 1987, just two years after I was born, the British Social Attitudes Survey reported that 75% of the British public thought that homosexuality was “wrong or mostly wrong” with only 11% saying that it “wasn’t wrong at all.” It, therefore, wasn’t surprising that in…

LGBTQ

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What Pride Means to Me
What Pride Means to Me
LGBTQ

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Apr 6, 2021

What is Socialism?

Socialism is not synonymous with statism. A socialism worth defending must be about radically transferring ownership, power and control to the people — What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘socialism’? I ask because I think that many people associate socialism with one of two things: They either think about the totalitarian state socialism enacted under Stalin in the USSR or they think about European social democracy, which entailed, in…

Socialism

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What is Socialism?
What is Socialism?
Socialism

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Apr 5, 2021

First Past The Post Has Hollowed Out Our Politics

By turning politics into a strategic game, the FPTP system is destructive of real democratic politics & stands in the way of change — Leaving aside the formation of a national government in 1931, it has been 120 years since a single party in the United Kingdom was able to command the support of a majority of the voting public. Even in his great landslide election victory of 1945, Clement Attlee’s Labour Party only…

Politics

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First Past The Post Has Hollowed Out Our Politics
First Past The Post Has Hollowed Out Our Politics
Politics

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Apr 5, 2021

The Moral Panic at the Centre of Our Politics

The language of the mob is being used to delegitimse those using the power of social media to fight for social justice — The right have convinced themselves that the values that they hold dear are under threat from what is often described as a ‘woke mob.’ If I am to understand their argument, the claim being put forward is that woke acolytes want to supplant debate with an unthinking conformity to a…

Cancel Culture

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The Moral Panic at the Centre of Our Politics
The Moral Panic at the Centre of Our Politics
Cancel Culture

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Jul 27, 2020

We’ve Got to Teach Students About Race and Racism in History Lessons

Failing to teach students about the history of race and racism robs them of a more sophisticated understanding of history and it excludes and marginalises BME students. This must change. — I was teaching History to a group of 11 year olds. The topic was the Norman Conquest. I’d just got to the point of the story where the Normans invade when a black boy put his hand up and asked: “Were there any black people in Britain at that point…

Teaching

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We’ve Got to Teach Students About Race and Racism in History Lessons
We’ve Got to Teach Students About Race and Racism in History Lessons
Teaching

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Jul 24, 2020

I Was Wrong About Jeremy Corbyn

Any analysis of his time as leader must focus on his achievements as well as his failures, not least of which was to decisively shift the debate in British politics to the left — When Corbyn’s name was put forward for the leadership of the Labour Party in 2015 it was possible to get 100/1 odds on him becoming leader. Many of those who supported him within the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) did so because they wanted to broaden the debate, fearful that the…

Jeremy Corbyn

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I Was Wrong About Jeremy Corbyn
I Was Wrong About Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn

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Jul 23, 2020

Why Does Boris Johnson Get a Free Pass?

The Prime Minister hides his obvious flaws in plain sight, so why are so many people willing to ignore them? — Confronted by an angry father, Boris Johnson was accused of coming to the hospital merely for a press opportunity. As the cameras flashed and the confrontation became heated, Boris Johnson said something remarkable, but revealing. “Well actually, there’s no press here,” he mumbled. The father looked stunned as he turned…

Boris Johnson

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Why Does Boris Johnson Get a Free Pass?
Why Does Boris Johnson Get a Free Pass?
Boris Johnson

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Jul 22, 2020

It’s Time to Abolish Billionaires

The existence of billionaires is a symptom of a manifestly unjust society that cannot be justified to those who lose out. — Yesterday it was reported that Jeff Bezos increased his wealth by $13 billion in single day. Just this increase in his wealth is 30 times more than The Queen’s £350 million net worth. His current net worth ($189 billion) is just a little bit less than the entire economy of…

Justice

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It’s Time to Abolish Billionaires
It’s Time to Abolish Billionaires
Justice

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Jul 21, 2020

The Battle at the Heart of the Labour Party

The Labour Party has always been divided between pragmatism and principle. To foment real change, the party must find a way of combining the two by rooting its politics in a radical but realistic response to the current crisis. — The Labour Party has always been split between pragmatists and idealists. The idealists argue that there is no point in having a Labour Party unless it remains true to its values and the pragmatists don’t see the point in principle unless it can be put into practice.

Labour Party

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The Battle at the Heart of the Labour Party
The Battle at the Heart of the Labour Party
Labour Party

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Teacher of Politics based in Brighton

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