‘The Tory Glastonbury’: The Conservatives’ hilarious attempt at winning back the youth vote
“Why is it just the left who have all the fun in politics?” whined Conservative MP George Freeman to the Financial Times last week. The politician, who represents the Mid...
The tuition fee debate needs to be about so much more than student debt
Since Labour pledged to scrap tuition fees, the debate around university funding has been blown wide open. Both praise and criticism of the policy has come thick and...
The myths and realities of government spending
In the general election this May, many political commentators were talking up the Labour party under Corbyn as presenting a significant departure from established wisdom, with those on...
Infinite growth: humanity’s deadliest addiction
For decades economists and politicians across the world have been using GDP growth as the primary means of measuring economic success. The faster an economy grows, the more...
Let Them Burn: The Logic of Capitalism Meets the Reality of Climate Change
In her piece titled “Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World,” Naomi Klein takes aim at the handful of fossil fuel corporations who have...
Votes at 16, Von Trapps and Viable Electoral Reform
“I am 16 going on 17… I know that I’m naive”; a classic quote from Liesel Von Trapp of ‘The Sound of Music’ stardom. A quote not least...
All Hail Sir Vince
So, Sir Vincent Cable has finally manipulated and schemed his way to the top of his Party, unopposed, like the king of a war-torn, pillaged and ruined land...
As the climate clock strikes midnight it’s time to look to the morning
Climate change will profoundly reshape our world in the coming decades. Yet, in this article, I make a case for why we should not give in to despair and...
Political donations transparency in Northern Ireland: progress, but not enough
Sixteen and a half years ago political parties in England, Scotland and Wales began naming their big donors in public. Ten years ago political parties in Northern Ireland began...
Brexit and the Tory deal have only deepened Northern Ireland’s political crisis
The Irish Sea, this summer, feels a few miles wider. For me, it began at the count. My fellow Green candidate and I scarcely paid any attention to our...