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V.I. Lenin, 1899

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  • The Birmingham Bin Strike

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    Since the turn of the year, the brave bin workers of Birmingham have put up fierce resistance to obscene attacks on their wages and working conditions by Birmingham City Council. The bin workers, surviving only on strike pay, stand united and, unfortunately, virtually alone against this vicious and premeditated attack by the Labour-controlled council. Birmingham…

  • The Rise of the HMO

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    The recent news that Medway Council in Kent is considering introducing new rules on the licensing for homes in multiple occupancy (also known as HMOs) in an attempt to curb antisocial behaviour and poor housing standards is just one in a plethora of examples of the rise of the HMO and how these dwellings serve…

  • Care Work and Immigration: What It Means for Workers

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    Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper’s announcement on the BBC on Sunday 11th May that the practice of recruiting workers in the care industry from abroad would end would surely have been met with the wryest of smiles amongst the great and the good within the Reform Party. They would have known that they have made…

  • Labour’s £4.8bn Welfare Cuts: Clive Lewis Speaks Out

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    On 25th March, Labour MP Clive Lewis appeared on BBC’s Newsnight programme and spoke on the cuts to welfare which were predicted by reports leading up to the Spring Statement, which took place on the following day. Leftists across the land took to X and other social media outlets to whoop at Lewis’ as he…

  • Why Are Birth Rates Declining?

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    On 28th January 2025, The Daily Telegraph ran an article entitled “How soaring housing costs have crushed the birth rate”. This article detailed the very real and potentially devastating problem of Britain’s declining birth rate and made a link, albeit tenuous, between this seemingly inexorable decline and the availability of affordable housing. The lowest birth…

  • Justin, We Hardly Knew Ya

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    On 6th January 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced to Canadians and the wider world that he would be stepping down as Prime Minister as soon as a new leader of the Liberal Party was elected. Trudeau’s announcement brings to a close a tenure as Prime Minister which has lasted over nine years and…

  • Hannah Ingram-Moore: The Fallout from Captain Tom’s Legacy

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    The Charity Commission’s report on the actions of the late fundraiser’s daughter and son-in-law exposed cruelly how in capitalist society charity can and occasionally does offer individuals entrusted to the management of any charity the opportunity to cynically enumerate themselves at the expense of the good faith of the public. The report, published on 21st…

  • Film Review: ‘Am I Racist?’

    Film Review: ‘Am I Racist?’

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    September 2024 saw the limited cinematic release in the United States of the documentary ‘Am I Racist?’, the second film presented by conservative commentator Matt Walsh of Daily Wire. Walsh’s first film, ‘What is a Woman?’ tackled the testy issue of Gender Identity Ideology and its pernicious effects on children and young women. In ‘Am…

  • The Death of Our High Streets

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    The Labour party, to add to its growing list of non-policies with which it believes it can tempt an unsuspecting electorate to vote for them, in April released a five-point plan to revitalise the ailing high street of Britain. Labour rather disingenuously blame the Tories for the decline in our high streets, which seems to…

  • In Praise of Yes Minister (and Yes, Prime Minister)

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    There are some things which age very well over time. Like a fine wine, a dry-aged steak or a particularly stinky Stilton, both Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister have not only withstood the test of time in terms of their relevance and their contemporary humour but have, in my view, become essential viewing for…