The short answer is no. At this point in time the Labour Party remains the only viable opposition to an increasingly destructive and rapacious Conservative government. This is a natural consequence of our electoral system: first past the post systematically disadvantages third parties. A more democratic system of proportional representation would allow a far greater … Continue reading Should progressives leave the Labour Party? →

On 8 April 2021, I wrote in an article in the University of Cambridge’s main student newspaper, Varsity, that ‘[m]inisters are so invested in a nostalgic vision of British power that the law may be happily trampled underfoot.’ I was writing with respect to the government’s plans to violate Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation … Continue reading Nuclear Illegality →

This article was written (26/4/20) after the leaked Labour report revealed anti-democratic plots were hatched by senior party bureaucrats to sabotage Corbyn’s leadership I. The leaks from an internal report on antisemitism in the Labour Party highlight that Britain’s main opposition party is democratically defunct. A conspiracy to undermine Labour’s chances of an election victory … Continue reading How Labour Party Bureaucrats made a Mockery of Democracy →

"The strong do what they have the power to do and the weak accept what they have to accept”Thucydides “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished who kill not in large companies, and to the sound of trumpets; it is the rule.”Voltaire Criminality in our world is treated with pretty arbitrary standards. … Continue reading On Criminality →

The government is engaged in an active attack on our civil liberties by curtailing the right to protest—it's important to emphasise that this is being done for reasons unrelated to the pandemic, the legal changes are intended to be permanent. The police crackdown bill includes provisions to make it an offence to cause a ‘public … Continue reading The Conservatives’ New Policing Bill →