SubscriptionsSection: Argument
Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.
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‘Keir Starmer Should Signal a Decisive UK Shift Towards Europe When he Hosts European Political Community at Blenheim’
Starmer could relaunch the European Political Community with a defence group of France, Germany, Poland and the UK, to strengthen the European pillar of NATO, and pitch the UK as a strategic partner to the EU
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‘Labour Needs to Arrest UK’s Authoritarian Slide, Reinforce our Democracy and Repair the Damage’
The Britain Labour has inherited is a far less free country than it was just a few years ago, and reversing the slide toward authoritarianism will require a committed and concerted effort
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Fibreglass Found in Marine Food Chain for First Time – ‘It Can’t be Ignored Like the Microplastic Scare’
As with the microplastic crisis, the economic market responsible for these catastrophes still insists that we do not let it influence our consumer habits
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Party-Lines or Headlines? ‘Why Political Parties Can’t Connect With Young Voters and Press Partisanship is a Parody Around the World’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on how political parities missed a trick on TikTok and connecting with young voters – and how the media must do better
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IT’S OVER
Labour has won the 2024 General Election. Let’s take a look back at the multiple crises successive Conservative administrations worsened, created or ignored
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China Increases Influence in Russia’s Backyard as ‘Strategic Partnership’ is Tested
Last year China overtook Russia to become Kazakhstan’s biggest trading partner, with two-way trade topping $41 billion. In Central Asia, it is Beijing, rather than the West, that has the capacity to end the era of Russian dominance
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In Nelson, Mosques and Immigration Aren’t Just White Nationalist Talking Points
More than half of the town of Nelson’s population is Muslim – yet a ‘lack of unity and tribal rivalry’ has split the community over who to vote for
