The time of land-taxing Liberals has long gone. The Liberal Democrats are on the side of the farmers who gathered in Westminster last week to protest against the Government’s changes to Agricultural Property Relief in the Autumn Budget – mandating that estates valued at over £1m – previously…
Moscow has expelled a British diplomat accused of espionage and sabotage, Russian media reported on Sunday. According to the Interfax news agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB) alleged that the diplomat, identified as the Second Secretary of the Political Department…
I wrote last week that the Chancellor Reeves’ Autumn Budget offered little in the way of the reform much needed in our education sector. Well, it seems that what is “thin gruel” for education is not much better for our health and social care sector. The Impact of…
Ireland is grappling with a surge in asylum applications, bringing immigration to the forefront of national discourse. This contentious issue is shaping public opinion as the Irish Republic prepares for elections. The number of asylum seekers relying on state accommodation…
The United Kingdom’s decision to hire a new senior negotiator signals a pivotal moment in its relationship with the European Union. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s commitment to a “reset” in UK-EU relations aims to foster closer cooperation on trade,…
On Monday the government announced that university tuition fees will rise to a maximum of £9,535. This is a stark contrast from one of Starmer’s2020 leadership campaign pledges to abolish tuition fees, and once again we are returned to the issue of higher education funding and addressing the elephant…
Re-visiting Sathnam Sanghera’s Empireworld: Mile End Institute Hennessy Lecture On Wednesday I had the privilege of attending the Mile End Institute’s Hennessy lecture with Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireworld: How British Imperialism has Shaped the Globe, and Jerry Brotton, Professor of Renaissance Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. A brief introduction…
I’ve written before that the politics of the far right, or, more accurately, the politics of hate, is easy. It is easy to hate, rather than endeavour to possess all the facts, to understand, to debate, to reason…to listen. It…
It’s 2014, and the coalition government is publishing its “Promoting fundamental British values as part of SMSC in schools” (catchy) advice for school leaders. It’s intention? To cement the teaching of British values into the spiritual, moral, social, and cultural development of…
