Our political landscape has been transformed with disorientating speed. The December election just passed can only be described as a political cataclysm. The tribal loyalties that underpinned our two-party system have been overturned; Boris Johnson has achieved nothing less than an electoral hat-trick. How do we explain this? All the old certainties about voting patterns […]
Jo Swinson’s election bid seems to be over before it even began; a damp squib if you will. However, if we rewind, it was just a few months ago that MPs were defecting left, right and centre to join the Liberal Democrats, and Jo Swinson seemed to be riding high. So where did it all […]
When it comes to immigration and the upcoming election, the Conservatives have been campaigning for an ‘Australian-style points-based system’, claiming that the implementation of such a policy will get immigration ‘under control.’ Not only that, but Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel have made it clear that voting for Labour is a vote for […]
The day is December 12th. You feel a buzz of anticipation in the crisp Edinburgh air. You rub your shivering hands together as you step through the doors of your nearest polling station. A pencil to paper, a cross in a ballot box. You vote for the party that has promised you security. It has […]
This is a single-issue election. Quite understandably, for most across the UK, this is the Brexit election. This is a chance to resolve what is potentially the single worst constitutional crisis in living memory. A chance which the polls suggest will be wholeheartedly rejected, as the British public endorse the right-wing, extremist charade which passes […]
In a twist that no one saw coming, the United Kingdom has leaped off the cliff edge of stagnation and plunged towards the ground, screaming something about a ditch. We are in the throes of a general election and as such, the campaigning has begun. Not just from the political parties but from the EUSA […]