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Frankie D

Frankie D

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Frankie D
Frankie D
May 25, 2016 · 10 min read

Wilderness Wandering

The fall from grace

Whether intentionally or not, for the past 100 or so years the Labour Party has existed to prove that Karl Marx was wrong. Thanks to the NHS, employment rights and state administered redistribution, workers now enjoy a better place in…

Frankie D
Frankie D
Jan 3, 2016 · 4 min read

Voting for war — beyond the moral question

As keen viewers of the Parliament Channel will know, there is no constitutional…

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Frankie D
Frankie D
Dec 8, 2015 · 3 min read

Of Burke and Benn

We’ll start with the philosopher and end with the politician. The ultimate defender of representative democracy was Edmund Burke. He argued that every MP should exercise “mature judgment” on behalf of their electors, and an MP betrays that duty “if he sacrifices it to your opinion.” In other…

Frankie D
Frankie D
Oct 17, 2015 · 4 min read

The Gospels of Luke and Jon

Jeremy Corbyn is in a pickle. He was elected by a landslide on a radical left-wing platform, but many of his trademark policies, including nuclear disarmament, have been blocked by MPs convinced they’re electoral suicide.

Frankie D
Frankie D
Oct 6, 2015 · 3 min read

Showreels

As amusing as watching “anarchists against the cuts” at the front gate may have been, the really interesting thing about the Tory conference was happening on the main stage. Since we know the Prime Minister’s standing down before the next election, the race to succeed him has begun.