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…
Before I start, just a brief disclaimer: the upcoming election is a controversial topic. I have had enough drunken conversations with people in the smoking areas of clubs to know…
At last Jeremy Corbyn has announced that Labour will back a second vote on EU membership. It has only taken the Labour leader two years and eight months (approximately one…
Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘NHS for education’ pledges the move towards a Nationalised Education Service (NES), the aim of which is to implement ‘cradle-to-grave’ learning based on the principle that ‘Every Child…
The spectacle of politicians wheeling themselves out in order to gain street cred reared its familiar head yet again last week with the emergence at the Emmy’s of former press…
The Fringe in 2016 saw most of Scotland lamenting yet another Conservative majority at Westminster, celebrating the SNP’s near whitewash of Scottish seats at the general election, and awaiting the…
Labour’s shambolic loss in Copeland, a seat held by the party for over 80 years, is evidence of the internal and structural problems which have become manifest in the party…
Jeremy Corbyn has waded into the ever volatile world of Scottish politics by stating that Scotland could not afford independence and that it would lead to “turbocharged austerity”. As if…
Jewish, afraid and dreading election day
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…
Oh God, please not another coalition
Before I start, just a brief disclaimer: the upcoming election is a controversial topic. I have had enough drunken conversations with people in the smoking areas of clubs to know…
Will Corbyn’s Brexit move save his leadership?
At last Jeremy Corbyn has announced that Labour will back a second vote on EU membership. It has only taken the Labour leader two years and eight months (approximately one…
Labour must make their National Education Service plan more realistic
Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘NHS for education’ pledges the move towards a Nationalised Education Service (NES), the aim of which is to implement ‘cradle-to-grave’ learning based on the principle that ‘Every Child…
Politicians in popular culture: funny or frustrating?
The spectacle of politicians wheeling themselves out in order to gain street cred reared its familiar head yet again last week with the emergence at the Emmy’s of former press…
NewsRevue 2017
The Fringe in 2016 saw most of Scotland lamenting yet another Conservative majority at Westminster, celebrating the SNP’s near whitewash of Scottish seats at the general election, and awaiting the…
Labour’s disintegration threatens multi-party democracy
Labour’s shambolic loss in Copeland, a seat held by the party for over 80 years, is evidence of the internal and structural problems which have become manifest in the party…
Labour need to take a more decisive stance in Scotland
Jeremy Corbyn has waded into the ever volatile world of Scottish politics by stating that Scotland could not afford independence and that it would lead to “turbocharged austerity”. As if…