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Why Trump's insult hit Italy where it hurts

July 13, 2026

How the EU normalises the Taliban without recognising it

July 10, 2026

World Cup 2026: the last acceptable nationalism

July 10, 2026

Canada: a place where policy still drives voting

July 9, 2026

UK political parties and the availability of membership rights

July 9, 2026
July 8, 2026

🌈 Russia's anti-gender Internationale: Western culture warriors in Moscow

Anya Kuteleva In June 2026, US far right figures and manosphere influencers appeared at Russian state-linked events and in military propaganda. These moments, argues Anna Kuteleva, reveal a mutually beneficial alliance: Russia offers legitimacy, platforms, and refuge, while the anti-gender right normalises authoritarianism by recasting it as culture war Read more
July 8, 2026

Why were Portuguese Indians key players in the 2022 Leicester riots?

Sonia Sarkar A recent independent commission report revealed that people from India’s Daman and Diu region, who hold Portuguese passports, were ‘important actors’ in the 2022 outbreaks of violence in Leicester. Sonia Sarkar unpacks how multicultural Leicester turned communally divisive Read more
July 6, 2026

Why rising inequality drives anti-immigrant voting in America

Matt Polacko Donald Trump's second presidential campaign in 2024 used immigration as a wedge issue. To understand why anti-immigrant sentiment translates so powerfully into Republican votes, says Matt Polacko, we need to look beyond the rhetoric and focus on the economic conditions that make people receptive to it Read more
July 3, 2026

🎈 Candidate selection and the limits of local representation

Pierce Leslie Drawing on developments in candidate selection across British political parties, Pierce Leslie argues that Britain’s representative disconnect begins long before election day. While it is local constituencies who elect MPs, party rules, vetting procedures and emergency panels increasingly decide who becomes a realistic parliamentary choice Read more
July 3, 2026

British leaders must stop resurrecting Hitler

Ruairidh Brown As Keir Starmer prepares to vacate 10 Downing Street, his unwavering opposition to Vladimir Putin has been hailed as his finest, most ‘statesmanlike’ achievement. Ruairidh Brown argues this assessment is fundamentally mistaken. Starmer stretched the trope of British leaders re-fighting the Second World War to its breaking poin Read more

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