Time is ticking down. The day is almost upon us. Are you ready to make an informed decision? If not, you might like to do some last-minute referendum related research… Debates have become increasingly heated, emotions are running high, hashtags have been engaged and polls are predicting Brexit. The run up to the EU referendum … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Feeling Blue? Labour after Jeremy Corbyn’s Victory
Following the Labour leadership election, Adrian Pabst, co-author of Blue Labour, considers the Party’s options and shares his views on Jeremy Corbyn and the future of Labour. Continue reading
Extract: Boko Haram: ‘#BringBackOurGirls’
When hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014, the government’s target was not Boko Haram, but those demanding action from the government. Continue reading
Frontline Club: Boko Haram
Mike Smith joined a panel of experts to discuss the impact of Boko Haram in the lead up to Nigeria’s general election. Continue reading
Extract: Frontline Ukraine
What are Russia’s motives and ambitions in annexing Crimea? Continue reading
General Election 2015 Reading List
The hustings have started, mad hysteria’s set-in, battle mode is engaged. It is now election year. Continue reading
Political Book Awards 2015
The Europe Dilemma and In the Name of the People have been nominated at this year’s Political Book Awards Continue reading
African Arguments – Book of the Year
Described as ‘a necessary examination of the way that the MPLA works’, In the Name of the People has been chosen as an African Arguments book of 2014. Continue reading
Five ways Deng Xiaoping still influences China
The man who made modern China, Deng Xiaoping is seen by its current leaders as the model to be emulated. Continue reading
How Britain Will Leave Europe
Brexit, a new book looking at who is to blame for the current British mess over Europe. Continue reading
‘Five lessons’ we can learn from Nye Bevan
Primarily remembered for creating the NHS, Nye Bevan also changed British attitudes. Continue reading
Xi Jinping and the Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong
Hong Kong continues to occupy a unique position as the last place in China where its leaders can truly be themselves. Continue reading
Hong Kong and the enduring legacy of Deng Xiaoping
Why it can be said Deng Xiaoping’s political inheritance is behind the current protests in Hong Kong. Continue reading