'We Don’t do God’: Religion, Progressive Politics and the Future of the SNP
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In 2003, Tony Blair was famously prevented from answering an interview question about his religious...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Feb 21
- 4 min
You Do Not live in a Democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are often reminded that we live in a democracy. Publicly owned news outlets, party political...
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Issy Clarke
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Keir Starmer’s path to No 10
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On Sunday 15th of January Keir Starmer was pressed by Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday morning politics...
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Sorcha Tipping
- Jan 17
- 4 min
The forgotten crisis: period poverty and the cost of living
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Period poverty management and education, has worsened in the current economic climate with the...
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Sorcha Tipping
- Nov 25, 2022
- 4 min
From Westminster to the Jungle – What has Hancock done?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary and current independent MP for West Suffolk, has entered the jungle...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Less Is More – Great Wealth Taxations and the Guaranteed Income
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq If a multi-millionaire stockbroker is in receipt of the same guaranteed income as a part-time bartender...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
This is not a Financial Crisis —This is a crisis of economics
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are amid a crisis of economics. To make the first step towards understanding the crisis of our time,...
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Owen Thomas Webb
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
The Conservative Party is a Libertarian Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq What is a conservative? We use such a great deal of terminology in British politics that one doesn’t...
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Daniel James
- Jul 19, 2022
- 3 min
Rugby, the North, and the Conservatives
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Last month Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, attended an...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
- May 13, 2022
- 2 min
The political wank: Just another scandal swept under the rug?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq So Neil Parish MP had a wank. So what? People do it all the time, and while there is a question on the...
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Gem Kirwan
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
Neil Parish and Misogyny in the Conservative Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The world of politics is a minefield. It goes without saying that leading the nation through every manner...
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Elena Timoshuk
- Feb 6, 2022
- 3 min
The realities of queer activism in Belarus
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In Belarus, the current unrest as a result of recent elections means that if you are a peaceful protester...
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Elena Timoshuk
- Feb 6, 2022
- 2 min
A decade after launching the Istanbul convention,
its anniversary looms over a steep decline in women’s rights and safety. Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq 2021 marked 10 years since the...
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Kája Kubičková
- Jan 16, 2022
- 2 min
The hidden affairs of Andrej Babiš: Czech prime minister named in the Pandora Papers
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Shopping in the Czech Republic is a game of Russian Roulette; whether it’s milk or chicken, throwing the...
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Gem Kirwan
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min
Sarah Everard’s murder was a wake-up call. The government keeps hitting snooze.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The murder of Sarah Everard by former police officer Wayne Couzens shocked the nation. It sparked...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min
How do we comprehend the assassination of David Amess?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Conservative MP David Amess was assassinated on Friday 15th; his death has been treated as a terrorist...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
- Jan 6, 2022
- 3 min
Is Scotland joining the anti-protest bandwagon?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On 30th September I watched the ‘No Protest Ban at Holyrood’ protest, and I was bemused. Having not...
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Ava Reid
- Jan 2, 2022
- 3 min
Fake it ‘til you make it: rigged elections and the unseen struggle for democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Nearly a decade has passed since the Snow Revolution, a time when thousands across Russia began...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
- Dec 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Great British Banana Republic
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We can umm and err and to and fro about exactly how we should judge our present government, but by now it...
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