by Jack Harvey | May 24, 2023 | Home, Opinion
Unfortunately, we have to listen to politicians speak a lot in this country. Often many words are said without actually saying anything. But despite the high amount of wasted waffle that comes out of parliament, it must be remembered that MPs and ministers have...
by Jack Harvey | May 22, 2023 | Healthcare and Welfare, Home
“Tough new laws” on strike action and maths until 18. Rishi Sunak has kicked off 2023 by proving that he really knows how to read a room, and for that, he gets the grilling he deserves. When writing his priorities for the year, Rishi Sunak must have been feeling...
by Ben Shahrabi | May 22, 2023 | Home, The Establishment
House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle takes a break from berating MPs to speak to Punching Up about his work, punishing badly-behaved politicians, and some of the wackiest traditions in Parliament. Sir Lindsay WHO? Perhaps best known as the man who shouts...
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 Dylan Oakley | May 21, 2023 | Home, Opinion, Reviews
To many people’s disgust, there is a way of pumping more money into the Tory Party. Buying party merchandise is one of the single-most pointless revenue streams for political parties, because who in their right mind would walk around with Tory merchandise? Anyway,...
