PRISON REFORM’S WEAKEST LINK: CAN PROBATION CARRY THE WEIGHT OF EARLY RELEASE?
Alex Norris Faces Parliament as Government Tries to Solve a Prison Crisis That Has Moved Beyond the Prison Gates Justice Secretary Alex Norris faces an increasingly difficult political and practical argument over prison reform as the Government attempts to prevent England and Wales running out of usable prison places while Continue Reading
Miliband versus Israel: Is Britain finally prepared to enforce the international law it has spent years invoking?
Britain hardens its language as Israel presses ahead with the controversial E1 settlement project A diplomatic row between Britain and Israel has reopened one of the most difficult questions at the heart of the Middle East conflict: if much of the international community regards Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied Continue Reading
Mahatma Gandhi: The Gentle Rebel Who Shook an Empire
From a young London-trained lawyer to the moral leader of India’s struggle for freedom, Mohandas Gandhi demonstrated that political power need not come from the barrel of a gun He was physically slight, softly spoken and usually dressed in the simplest hand-spun cloth, yet Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi became the most Continue Reading
What Does It Mean to Be English Today? The Heated LBC Debate on Ethnic Nationalism vs. Immigrant Contribution
A recent exchange on LBC Radio has brought into sharp focus one of the most contentious questions in contemporary British life: what does it mean to be English in a modern, multicultural nation? During the programme, host Ben Kentish challenged caller Benjamin, a supporter of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK then Continue Reading
Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Exposes a Nation at War With Itself
Donald Trump’s immigration policy has become one of the defining flashpoints of his presidency, praised by supporters as a long-overdue restoration of border control and condemned by critics as a harsh, divisive campaign that is tearing at the fabric of American life. At the centre of the argument is a Continue Reading
Guo Jian’s Arrest: Unveiling China’s Influence Operations
In 2017, in the hillside town of Dharamshala, India, Guo Jian quietly took notes as Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, addressed a gathering of pro-democracy activists. China’s repressive policies toward Tibet were the focus. Guo, a naturalized German citizen then aged 36, wore glasses, a traditional white Continue Reading
