This article intends to be a companion to my work ‘Modern Prayers’ commissioned by Out and About: Queering the Museum at RAMM, Exeter, 2021.More
Category Archives: U.K. Politics
Decolonising Universities and Life
Universities instil a confidence in knowledge, but when the knowledge draws only from one type of background you don’t actually get a high quality education.More
Marginal No More; Reflections on the 2017 UK General Election and Polling
It’s a huge problem on the left, but also just with politics in general, that we think optimism is the sign of stupidity. More
An Election Abroad: GE2017
Watching your country’s election from abroad is an interesting experience.More
About June: Talking Brexit in the Land of Nexit
The issue is that when people assume others voted for the same anti-foreigner reasons they do, they become more confident in voicing xenophobic and racist opinions no matter how unsavoury or violent. More
Beyond Scare Tactics
A lot of people believe it is better to have a chance in power than to remain in opposition and therefore these tactics may be undesirable but ultimately worth it. More
The Strangest of All Hot Takes: #piggate 2015
So a rather explosive reveal has occurred, with Lord Ashcroft – apparently none-too-pleased about not getting a greater position in government – serialising his new biography of David Cameron in the Daily Mail (which the newspaper helpfully reported under the title ‘REVENGE’ in case we were unsure of motives). Of course the allegation that life…More
A Great Fear of the Future
I began writing this essay on the night of the UK 2015 General Election when the Exit Poll came in. I began to wonder where we go from here when everything seems so very gloomy, and it feels like my fate is to be a cliché millennial always wanting more than I deserve. I continued this…More
The Secret Ballot is Not a Thing: Talking About Voting
In this UK general election I am voting Labour. I am not voting Labour because I am a member of the Labour party. I do not want to join any party at the moment. I am not voting Labour because I think they have great policies, since I haven’t read all their manifesto, and there…More
#SudanVotes or Rather Not Really (And Other Apathetic Elections)
“Freedom to vote also carries freedom not to, and that can sometimes be our most important weapon.”More
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