[카테고리:] Politics
Keir Starmers Height is 5 Foot 8. Does it Matter in Politics?
New Politic Keir Starmer’s height is 5 foot 8, or 172 centimetres. That’s taller than Boris Johnson, who has a height of 5 foot 7. It’s also taller than Rishi Sunak, who’s reportedly 5 foot 5. Sunak has been referred…
Refugees Arent the Problem. Politicians Are.
In September 2015, the world watched as a three-year-old Syrian-Kurdish refugee boy, Alan Kurdi, laid dead faced down on a Turkish beach, having previously drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Kurdi, along with other Syrian refugees, had tried to reach Europe…
Keir Starmer Needs to Show Some Leadership
The ongoing pandemic and widespread horror at events in Afghanistan have combined to make pre-summer political concerns seem even more distant than normal at this time of year. Back in July the Government was on the ropes, criticised for everything…
Labour Doesnt Have a Story for How the Pandemic Ends
Storytelling lies at the heart of British politics. To have a convincing political narrative is to get into the hearts of the electorate. These stories need not be complex. They must simply entail action, change and aspiration, promises of a…
What to Expect from Post Pandemic Voting Behaviour
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it an abundance of emotion relating to threat, loss, uncertainty and anxiety. These emotions heavily affect the ways in which we make decisions. It’s widely recognised that emotions such…
Tony Blair Wants to Lead the Labour Party Again
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar. Credits: Wikimedia Commons The tale of Tony Blair is a tragedy. The former Labour prime minister has suffered nothing but scorn upon leaving office, a result of Iraq: a war he led his people into, against their…
Private Schools are Anti-Democratic
What is the relationship between private schools and the public good? Opinions tend to be shaped chiefly by philosophical commitment to either individual choice or communal welfare. Arguments rarely examine the tension between private schools and the public good, or…
The Life of Tony Benn, in Quotes
ON DEMOCRACY “I think democracy is a do it yourself business. There was a Chinese philosopher called Lao Tzu…who lived many years before the birth of Christ, and he was asked about leadership. And this is what Lao Tzu said:…
How Pubs Drive Support For Far-Right Parties
Gage Skidmore / Flickr The decline of the high street has been hollowing out British town centres in recent years. When pubs, community centres, libraries and banks close, it adds to a sense of local decline. In my recently published research, I found…
How to End Britains Pandemic
Illustration by Zeyd Anwar; New Politic; Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street; Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street; Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street. The government wants us to believe they have beaten the pandemic. They claim their…