The Government finally looks set to bring in a form of digital ID – nearly 20 years since Tony Blair attempted to introduce mandatory ID cards, only to be thwarted by Whitehall bureaucrats and civil liberties campaigners. Labour may have finally won over the Whitehall bureaucrats on this issue, but the framework for digital IDs […]
Since the Conservative Party’s seismic defeat in July, the Party has turned itself inside out trying to wrangle with the result. A leadership campaign and short-sighted media discussion on whether the Tories had moved too far to the Right to be electorally successful ensued. But this was all viewed through the prism of New Labour […]
I’d never really been part of a campaign before – so taking unpaid leave from my job at the Centre for Policy Studies to join James Cleverly’s leadership campaign was somewhat of a leap. But it seemed like the perfect opportunity to get some new experience, and to learn about what a political campaign looks […]
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of former US President Trump over the weekend, the world’s media will rightly be analysing the extremist ideologies and narratives that drove the gunman to commit such an act. Many will reflect on the general election campaign here as by all comparisons cordial and uneventful – but they’d […]
It’s midnight, you’re under 30 and trapped in a TikTok spiral. It started as a quick five-minute scroll before bed and now 45 minutes later you’re still glued to your screen. Just a few weeks ago, this scenario would have had you watching some pretty standard TikTok content – a couple of B-list celebs from […]
When I moved to East London, I walked into a busy barber shop for a trim and my olive complexion was greeted with the question, ‘You Arab mate?’. Rather than give a detailed response about my Jewish heritage, I just responded, ‘No mate, I’m from Leicester’. Whilst some people might find my reply deceptive, I […]
