The issue of a second referendum is ground well-trodden, however, the recent collapse of cross-party Brexit talks and the bad faith which continues to dominate the debate over a confirmatory vote makes it impossible not to correct the record. Firstly, I must challenge the language commonly used by Brexiteers. The ‘People’s Vote’ or ‘Confirmatory Vote’ […]
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Gina Miller is a defender of parliamentary sovereignty, a champion of democracy, a campaigner, an activist, a writer, a businesswomen – and most recently, the founder of www.RemainUnited.org, a website which provides guidance to Remainers on how to vote tactically in the upcoming European Parliament elections. The aim of Remain United is, Gina Miller told […]
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More and more opinion polls illustrate that the “will of the people” has changed since the European Union referendum in 2016, with more people than ever before supporting the United Kingdom remaining a member of the European Union. The latest poll mapped by ‘What UK Thinks‘ shows that 51% of people support Remain, while 45% […]
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The local council elections on Thursday illustrated a stark contrast between the victors and losers in England, as illustrated in Figure 1. The biggest defeats were suffered by the Conservative Party with a gigantic and exponential loss of 1,334 seats. This was followed by UKIP which lost 145 seats; and, the smallest defeat was endured […]
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Brexit has taken a back seat recently, with the extended deadline – until Halloween – reducing the urgency. This has seen the question of a second referendum being raised again but has also seen the idea of Brexit at all coming under increasing scrutiny. After the formation of the recent Change UK/Independent Group party and […]
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Britain has a representative democracy which is no longer representative, an electorate that doesn’t fully participate in politics and a section of the population that lacks the right skills for political engagement. But, the crisis is more serious than this because this is about inequality, discrepancies and alienation. Time and time again it is people who […]
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Young people are reclaiming the political scene by getting involved in campaigns and by participating in the democratic process again – and Brexit proves it. Instead of partying into the early hours of the morning, watching Netflix and eating junk food, young people are in fact in the driving seat when it comes to the […]
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Living in a world of “fake news” headlines has implications many of us probably never even consider. When we hear about fake news, most of us will undoubtedly think of the U.S. President Donald Trump – and his criticism of mainstream media outlets. However, it also has adverse practical implications. Attacks against the freedom of […]
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July 1973, Alexander Butterfield walked into Congress holding a loaded gun. A starter gun. The revelations made during the testimony to Congress made the knowledge of a secret White House taping system public for the first time. This revelation led to a year long legal battle to publicise the contents of the tapes, which would […]
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The Observer, The Telegraph, The Mirror – and now The New European: Tim Walker is an award-winning journalist who has worked for newspapers from a very young age, on the right, centre and left of the political spectrum. Once a writer for the Telegraph and now a critic of it: Tim Walker’s transition shows […]
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