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The Changing face of the Political Spectrum

A Labour Prime Minister last month proved that he holds a tough right-wing stance on law and order by successfully implementing the 42 days’ pre-trial detention law. A Conservative leader is desperate to show that he has a progressive social agenda. Confused at the state of modern British politics? You should be. With regards to 42 [...]

He who dares, may win

Famous Last Words? Perhaps, but Labour needs a strategy, fast. As I begin to write this post, I am reminded of the foolish character Arthur Birling in J.B Priesley’s An Inspector Calls. In that play, set in 1911, Birling prognosticates that that Titanic would be unsinkable and that the early 1940s would be a time [...]