Can Centrism save the world… again?

Can Centrism save the world… again?

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Tough-Guy Politics – Will Britain ever be free of it?

British voters are overwhelmingly against Trump’s war in Iran but the pundits and politicians of the Tory-Reform universe seem to want more, harder and faster. Why is the British right hooked on tough-guy politics? And will Farage’s fawning over Trump prove to be Reform’s Achille ...  Show more

“Performative cruelty and a waste of money" – Stella Creasy MP rips into the Government's migration plans

The Government’s migration and asylum plans have had that unique Keir Starmer way of annoying everyone. Including many of their own MPs, such as Walthamstow’s Stella Creasy. She says her party is now asking people to live in “limbo” and that the new policy change is not “socially ...  Show more

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