The party you love has no chance of winning the General Election, and here’s why

Your vote is pointless. The party you’re rallying behind is doomed to fail. The election has already been decided, and not in your favour. Well, unless you’re a Tory, that is. Which, of course, is perfectly possible and reasonable; unlike the particularly spiteful campaign that has sneaked into Manchester Pride over the last few years,… Read More

Referendum Woes: How Labour and the Tories have conspired to throw the UK into the abyss

In just a couple of days, the UK will vote to leave the EU. That’s how things appear as I sit here typing now, ironically enough in a chain coffee shop staffed by baristas with accents of all kinds, European and otherwise. Polls are unreliable, but there’s a definite tone to the conversation I’m seeing… Read More

Labour and the Conservatives: Welcome to the era of the Politics of Nothing

There’s an episode of South Park called Douche and Turd that people like to cite when elections roll into town, but never has it seemed more applicable in a UK sense than it does in 2015. For those of you who haven’t seen it, the episode questions the point of voting when all the candidates… Read More