The BBC: Balanced or Slanting Right?
We have been warned about this government, often not by the Left but by what used to be the voices of the Right: two former Conservative Chancellors and the editor […]
Is Market Fundamentalism compatible with Morality and Religion?
Article by Richard Playford PhD, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, Leeds Trinity University and Mark E Thomas Traditional Conservative politics, as the name suggests, amongst other […]
Survival of the Richest: Can We Afford Not to Act?
Oxfam has released a hard-hitting report, Survival of the Richest, which sheds light on global – and UK – trends in wealth distribution. As the richest continue to get […]
2023: A Year of Opportunity
Happy New Year The year 2023 presents us with both continued threats and – increasingly important – new opportunities. The threats, both in the UK and internationally, include a continuation […]
The Debate We Need to Have
Our social contract – the ‘deal’ that makes us a civilised country – is under grave threat both practically and philosophically. And we are not talking about it. Practically, the […]
A Renewed Assault on Our Human Rights
One good thing Truss did in her brief tenure as Prime Minister was to shelve plans to ‘reform’ the UK’s system of human rights. Under Sunak and Raab, the government […]
Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore Wealth Inequality
We are used to inequality. There is inequality of height, weight, shoe size, intelligence – in fact every human characteristic you can think of. But most of these characteristics […]
How Many Shades of Gray?
Photo leaked to ITV News Within two days of the publication of this article, Johnson responded to the risk it highlighted – of him being forced to resign for breaching […]
Traditional Conservatives vs Johnson’s Party
It is obvious why those who have never seen themselves as Conservative should not support this government. This article explains why those who do see themselves as traditional Conservatives […]
Democracy at the Cliff Edge
Sometimes a moment can be pivotal in a way which is not obvious at the time. This article explores whether the UK is at such a critical moment now, without […]