In tomorrow’s Budget, Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce that free railcards will be offered to millennials, as part of an attempt to court younger voters.
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Michael Fallon’s plan to introduce cadet units into state schools isn’t a real solution to the UK’s education crisis
After seven years of Tory rule and the brutal ravages of austerity, we are a country in desperate need of a clear programme to boost social mobility. Fallon’s laughable plan is not the answer to our deeply segregated school system.
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Two years on from his election, I support Jeremy Corbyn because he continues to voice inconvenient truths
Like it or not, Jeremy Corbyn has fundamentally altered the discourse of British politics. In 2015, he stood for Labour leader on a clear anti-austerity platform. He tore the wool from our eyes regarding the supposed “inevitability” of brutal welfare cuts and benefit sanctions.
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Theresa May, either take a stand or get the hell out of office – Britain doesn’t want a PM who can’t condemn Donald Trump
If Theresa May continues to stay quiet about Trump, she will be seen as an appeaser and an enabler – our entire country will.
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When even a High Court judge says Tory policy causes ‘real misery for no good purpose’, you know it’s crunch time
Today, the High Court ruled that the benefits cap, one of the Tories’ flagship welfare policies, is unlawful, because it amounts to illegal discrimination against single parents with small children.
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Sarah Vine’s desire to be wolf-whistled really does show how women have learned to cope with street harassment
Sarah Vine wishes she’d taken the time to appreciate street harassment when she was younger because now she’s old and ignored, she misses men leaning out of vans and shouting “big titted bitch” at her.
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I’m sickened by the RAF bomb with ‘Love from Manchester’ written on it – how dare you drop that in my city’s name
The words written on the bomb are an unpleasant example of everything that’s wrong with our current approach to foreign policy and our penchant for funding chaotic conflicts that further destabilise countries and create the conditions ideal for extremism to flourish.
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