It’s Criminal: Why We Need Justice Reform | Sarah Stook
The criminal justice system, in the words of many a Brit, is in omnishambles. Our reoffending rate is at a high, with an average of 51%. This number is highest for homeless ex prisoners-...
Category: Comment
Why We Need to Scrap Stamp Duty | Tom Spencer
For many young people, today owning a place of their own is an unrealistic pipe dream. Different politicians have tried to address this problem through a variety of methods: whilst Labour has suggested increasing...
Why I Finally Believe We Will Leave the EU | Jake Scott
I will hold my hands up and admit it – I was hoodwinked by May and “her team”. I genuinely believed the result of the European Union Referendum would be respected, and we would...
The Conservative Party Has an Issue with Harassment | Thomas Moss
There has been a problem left unnoticed and treated with incredulity within our great party, and that is the issue of harassment. This is not a nice topic or subject to talk about but...
Book Review: Why We Get the Wrong Politicians by Isabel Hardman | Sarah Stook
Star Rating: 5 Isabel Hardman manages something extraordinary in her 352 page book. She manages to make us feel sorry for our politicians. That’s no easy task, considering how we see politicians. Most of...
Finally, a Return to Law and Order | Jake Scott
Two announcements in the last week or so have filled me with hope for the new government: the first, that Home Secretary Priti Patel wants criminals to feel ‘literal terror’ at the thought of...
The First Ladies Series Part 1 | Sarah Stook
We always have an image in our mind about First Ladies. Sometimes we think of the glamour of Jackie Kennedy, the tragedy of Mary Lincoln, the youth of Frances Cleveland or the openness of...
A ‘National Unity’ Government Would Only Lead To National Disunity, And All Sides Would Suffer | Bradley Goodwin
Looking at the Brexit saga as an observer, the only image that remotely seems to resemble the chaos is that of the Old Roman Empire. As collapse became more and more inevitable, the gladiatorial...
The Crisis of Character | Suan Sonna
“Niceness” seems to be the most cherished virtue today. The staleness of this word reveals, however, the flakiness of contemporary “virtue signaling”. Rather than engaging the substance of another viewpoint, the perceived ethos of...
The Right’s Blind Spot? – Muslims In China │ Ben Thompson
In writing this article, I don’t intend to paint all conservatives and right-wingers as monolithic thinkers. I’m merely speaking to an unfortunate trend I’ve noticed. Admittedly, it is a trend largely confined to David...
