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Dominic Cummings’ Civil Service: Testosterone Clones

January 3, 2020 | by Jo Bartosch | 1 Comments

Dominic Cummings doesn't want weirdos and misfits in the civil service, he wants testosterone clones: men like himself, writes Jo Bartosch. Read more

Pinker vs Peterson: Positivity and Purpose Beyond ‘Progress’

October 25, 2019 | by Jonny Gleadell | 0 Comments

Steven Pinker posits that we should take heart in the fact that the world is improving. Jordan Peterson argues that's not enough. Where does the truth lie? Read more

Women Are Not Ambassadors for Their Sex, Even Theresa May

April 9, 2019 | by Emma Chesworth | 0 Comments

Women in power are seen as representing all women and are criticized for their actions as such. It's time women are treated as humans, not just as women. Read more

The Heartless Hypocrisy of the British Government on Medicinal Cannabis

June 18, 2018 | by Jacob Kishere | 0 Comments

The Home Office continues to refuse a boy suffering epileptic seizures life-saving medicine while conservative elites profit from Cannabis exports. The conservative government and Home Office have refused repeated requests by the mother of a boy suffering from sporadic epileptic fits and autism to get life-saving cannabis oil-based medicine. Billy Caldwell was hospitalised last night in […] Read more

Battle of Wits: How We Can Ensure Donald Trump Doesn’t Win a Second Term

October 31, 2017 | by Joe James Davis | 0 Comments

If impeachment is not an option, how can we leverage the power of ideas to ensure that Donald Trump does not win another four years in office? Read more

May’s Gamble Backfired – We Need Another General Election

June 13, 2017 | by Fraser Gray | 0 Comments

May was right, Brexit needs a strong mandate to be carried through. This minority government lacks that legitimacy, and we need another general election. Read more

Mandate May Is No Friend of Progressive-Conservatism

June 9, 2017 | by Sarah Peace | 1 Comments

May’s far-right swing and unashamed alliance with the DUP reveal her as an outlier and an unbeliever in the principles of Britain’s progressive conservatism Read more

Is the UK Moving Towards America’s Two-Party System?

June 6, 2017 | by Valentin Boboc | 0 Comments

YouGov data shows that the UK is adopting a very Americanised two-party system. Will third parties fail as Labour and the Tories compete head to head? Read more

Is The Tory Party Moving Left Economically?

May 19, 2017 | by Stephen Law | 1 Comments

Philosopher Stephen Law argues that British voters shouldn't be fooled: The Tories are not moving left economically - they're the same old Party of the rich Read more

We Should be Worried about Theresa May’s Conference Speech

October 10, 2016 | by Emile Yusupoff | 0 Comments

Almost everything in Theresa May’s conference speech deserves condemnation. It was a populist pitch to xenophobia and a call to ignore economic reality and charge headlong into the disaster that will be Hard Brexit. The Prime Minister has turned the Conservative Party into a slicker, less comedic, and much more dangerous UKIP. Alongside the frightening […] Read more