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Feb 103 min read
Voter Turnout | Molly Hamill
If you're a politics student, you'll probably have the term 'participation crisis' branded across the back of your eyes at this point. If...


Feb 55 min read
The Case Against Early Release Schemes | Yasser Maait
With an increasing crime rate and the growth of anti-social behaviour, society faces a pressing issue regarding the practicality of...

Feb 53 min read
The Case For Labour's Early Release Scheme | Molly Hamill
Partisan defence or criticism aside, the UK's prison system is failing. The severe overcrowding, understaffing and underfunding have come...


Dec 22, 20244 min read
The Case Against Assisted Dying | Yasser Maait
November 29th saw the Terminally Ill Adults Bill pass its first major development not only in the House of Commons but also wider...


Dec 22, 20244 min read
The Case For Assisted Dying | Molly Hamill
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its first major check in the House of Commons on the 29th of November. While Labour...


Aug 19, 20244 min read
How The Government Can Help With Youth Mental Health | Troy Francis-Brown
It has become undeniable in recent years that youth mental health in the United Kingdom is in crisis. Today it feels as if every young...


May 13, 20244 min read
The Politics of Today: Do the Generation of Tomorrow Want it? | Zeinab Sabri
The next generation of voters are the youth of today, yet they are being ignored by politicians. Politics has become a foreign sport to...


May 6, 20244 min read
Citizen Assemblies: Future of Democracy? | Troy Francis-Brown
On Halloween last year, my school was lucky enough to have former Lib Dem MP Tom Brake visit us to give a lecture on the work of the...

Jan 23, 20244 min read
Is This Finally Labour’s Year? The Party’s Chances of Winning in 2024 | Troy Francis-Brown
The Labour party are infamously good at losing elections. Indeed, the party has failed to win a single election in my lifetime so far,...


Dec 5, 20234 min read
Britain's Bankrupt Councils | Kaveh Kordestani
For the past 13 years, Britain’s councils have “worked miracles” trying to balance their budgets. Those are the words of Sir Stephen...


Feb 23, 20234 min read
Daniel Hannan, the ERG and the origins of Brexit | Fela Callahan
Despite being amid another post‐Brexit ‘difficulty’ in debates over the Northern Ireland protocol, the consensus is that we should now...


Feb 21, 20235 min read
How Russia damaged China's ambitions in Asia | Fela Callahan
Recent tensions over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon have led me to consider how such tensions may...


Feb 21, 20233 min read
The morality of striking: should we condone it? | Jessica Hawkins
On the morning of the 10th of November, Harris Westminster staff and students faced the hardship of getting to school alongside the mass...


Jan 24, 20235 min read
America’s global influence and International Organisations | Ike Idikakalu
The United States of America has long been the pre-eminent global superpower and perhaps the most powerful nation to ever exist....


Nov 17, 20225 min read
From Lascars to leaders | Esha Amin
From Lascars to leaders: a brief historic and geographic insight on how Britain’s largest minority came to be A person of colour and a...


Nov 17, 20224 min read
Realism, Liberalism and the Ukraine War | Fela Callahan
The Russo-Ukrainian War has fanned the flames in a discourse that has occurred since the beginning of the study of history itself. This...


Nov 6, 20224 min read
Do we need a constitutional monarchy? Thailand's perspective | Yolanda Trujillo Rodriguez De Ledesma
On the 24th of June 1932, a coup d'état transformed Siam’s absolute monarchy to a constitutional one. Seven years later, Siam became...


Sep 1, 20224 min read
Sitting down with Sir David Evennet | Callum McGee
In December 2021, I was fortunate enough to meet and interview Sir David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford. A conservative, he...


Mar 23, 20227 min read
Chileans bidding farewell to Neoliberalism show there is hope for us all | Tom Rosas
On the 20th of December last year Christmas seemed to arrive early for leftists in Latin America and across the World. Chile – who 50...


Mar 23, 20224 min read
Social Media and its Threat to Politics | Addison Mitchell
My auntie’s mother Daphne is a typical retiree who has lived a comfortable life and has now settled down in Thanet. Daphne and her...
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