John Cleese is funny. Fiona Sturges is not. Neither, somewhat problematically, is Hannah Gadsby. Of course we all know John Cleese. He is a giant of comedy, [...]
By 2020, the UK will have one of the most academically qualified populations in the world, with half the working age population forecast to have a degree or [...]
Period poverty is a recently coined term, designed to capture the phenomenon of women not being able to afford sanitary products. And by the looks of it, it is [...]
In the wake of their chock defeat to Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is thirsty for headline grabbing policy proposals, and in its search for a vote winning [...]
This week, the EU levied a fine of €4.3bn on Google, after determining that it has used its dominant Android operating system to hinder competition. The [...]
The right has no heart. That, to many on the left, is the only thing that can explain why some are opposed to an ever-increasing welfare state. To oppose the [...]
In 2017 the veteran Labour MP Frank Field landed himself in hot water after suggesting that some disabled people should be exempt from minimum wage [...]
Donald Trump has done much to upset the liberal world order in his divisive reign so far. Not least his ‘trade war’ rhetoric and threats of tariffs has [...]
Are some Britons too poor to wash their kids? In 2018, The Guardian ran a story about children showing up at school unwashed and in dirty clothes, according to [...]
On Saturday June 16th a line-up of well-known Labour politicians and left-wing commentators and little-known music acts took to the stage in North London for [...]