by Student Journalist | May 30, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
By Shakthi Thyagarajan Satire is an incredible tool to scrutinise our state affairs, but the experts warn any aspiring satirists out there not to take the easy way out by attacking just the person and not the politics – you’ve got to make your punches count. We...
by Liam Fitzpatrick | May 25, 2023 | Home, Opinion
An embattled Prime Minister met an institution in crisis on Thursday morning, as he joined Alison Hammond on the This Morning sofa to talk new immigration figures, Suella Braverman and… Jilly Cooper? Sunak must have been rubbing his hands with glee when he saw...
by Student Journalist | May 22, 2023 | Home, The Establishment
The public has rightfully become a hell of a lot more cynical about politicians’ intentions and seems to resonate most with those who at least seem to have one foot in the real world. For some, knowing the price of a loaf of bread is an impossible challenge, and...
by James Dugdale | May 22, 2023 | Home, Social Issues
From blood-bathed Boris to a mentally-scarring Maggie Thatcher, we talk to those showing how they see it through political art. Visual satire is nothing new. The caricatures of Spitting Image fostered a new breed of political piss taking unseen until the 80s – a...
by Liam Fitzpatrick | May 21, 2023 | Home, Opinion, Reviews
Politics professor and polling guru Tim Bale’s second book on the Conservative Party lays bare the chaos and incompetence of our government in the post-Brexit era. Bale’s first book examined how the party evolved from the leadership of Margaret Thatcher to that of...
