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How Quantitative Easing Created £375 Billion
How Quantitative Easing Created £375 Billion
Have you ever wondered what happened to the £375 billion, equivalent to £6,000 for every man, woman and child in the UK, created by the…
Josh Hamilton
Aug 28, 2018
Brexit: A Depressing State Of Affairs For Young People
Brexit: A Depressing State Of Affairs For Young People
The single most depressing part about being 24 and living in the UK is the utter lack of regard for the potential damage that is being done…
Josh Hamilton
Aug 23, 2018
The Brexit Paradox: Open Britain, Closed Borders
The Brexit Paradox: Open Britain, Closed Borders
Taking back control. The three words that encapsulated the Brexit campaign. We were preparing to cut ourselves free from the shackles of…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 31, 2018
How Devolution Is Being Affected By Brexit Explained
How Devolution Is Being Affected By Brexit Explained
The scope of devolved institutions to set their own laws has been increasing steadily since the 90s. Tony Blair and New Labour helped…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 26, 2018
The DUP Are Weaponising The Irish Border
The DUP Are Weaponising The Irish Border
When Theresa May first came calling for support in the wake of her General Election collapse, I’m not quite sure she knew what she was…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 23, 2018
The EU Directive That Would Have Allowed Britain To Control Immigration
The EU Directive That Would Have Allowed Britain To Control Immigration
Immigration, sovereignty, and the NHS. These became the three pillars upon which the Brexit temple was built for worship. Farage’s rhetoric…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 20, 2018
The Northern Ireland Stalemate
The Northern Ireland Stalemate
You may recall, almost a year ago, we published a piece entitled “We Need To Be Honest About The Irish Border”. In it we argued that the…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 20, 2018
The UK Government Is Making Decisions In Another World
The UK Government Is Making Decisions In Another World
Is Brexit about making the most economically prosperous decision for the country? Whether that be in the short or long term. Is it about…
Josh Hamilton
Jul 5, 2018
BeLeave and the Vote Leave Links Explained
BeLeave and the Vote Leave Links Explained
BeLeave was founded by Darren Grimes, a then 23-year-old fashion student from County Durham, a Liberal Democrat member with a talent for…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 29, 2018
What The Latest Revelations About The DUP and Vote Leave Mean
What The Latest Revelations About The DUP and Vote Leave Mean
The DUP dark money scandal has been bubbling along on the back burner for the past few months. Since the wave of revelations last year…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 28, 2018
Why You Should Care Whether Cambridge Analytica Worked With Leave.EU
Why You Should Care Whether Cambridge Analytica Worked With Leave.EU
This is not about being hurt about the result of the referendum. This is not even about overturning the referendum result or attempting to…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 9, 2018
How Michael Gove Became The Most Likely Successor To Theresa May
How Michael Gove Became The Most Likely Successor To Theresa May
After the resignation of David Cameron, it was Theresa May, a remain campaigner rather than a Brexiteer, who took up the gauntlet of…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 9, 2018
US Soft Power Is Waning
US Soft Power Is Waning
President Trump’s isolationist streak that won him many fans on the campaign trail has shone through during his presidency. His opposition…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 9, 2018
Free Public Transport For Under 25s Could Transform A Generation
Free Public Transport For Under 25s Could Transform A Generation
Last year we had a conversation with Northern Irish MLA Kelly Armstrong about her attempts to breathe new life into public transport in…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 6, 2018
Northern Ireland Could Remain, So Why Is This Being Ignored?
Northern Ireland Could Remain, So Why Is This Being Ignored?
When the pro-Brexit government’s own economic impact assessments suggest that in every single scenario post-Brexit will leave the UK worse…
Josh Hamilton
Jun 6, 2018
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