Oxford University Press’ American workers prepare to strike
The US National Labor Relations Board, an American government agency, has filed a complaint against Oxford University Press (OUP) on charges that OUP has...
The man of the moment: Review of Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin
"Baldwin does his best to humanise Starmer and to deflate the view of him as “Mr Boring”."
Taiwan’s 2024 Elections: What Taiwan can teach the UK about democracy
It’s 8am in Taipei, on the 24th November 2022. This morning as I walk to class, negotiating my way around the noodle carts and...
A crash course in British politics: The scandals of recent years (Week 5)
To understand the current election, we ought to understand the things that shape them more than anything – including recent controversies. Be sure, many voters will have them in mind when casting their ballots.
The forgotten pandemic?
"The emergence of anti-vaccine extremism demonstrated that the ghost of dogmatic individualism lived on"
Devolution and Unionism: Labour’s Achilles Heel?
"Labour risks peddling a unitary unionism that bursts at the border."
Labour loses Oxford City Council majority after nine resignations
Labour have lost their majority on Oxford City Council as a result of resignations over Keir Starmer’s refusal to condemn Israeli policy in the...
Oxfordshire constituencies redrawn
The electoral map of Oxfordshire is set to be redrawn, with big implications for the next general election, as the four-month deadline for the...
Why the Tories will win the next election (and why they shouldn’t)
It may seem nonsensical but not only will the Tories avoid annihilation in 2024, but they will even hold on to power for another five years.
Do we want public figures to be like us?
This dynamic is, I would suggest, characteristic of our basic human lack of self-reflection and our instinctive willingness to accept double standards for ourselves and public figures respectively.
Is Labour still about labour?
Some people have noticed that the Labour Party is becoming progressively detached from the needs of the working class.
Oxford political societies respond to online learning until the 17th of May
Oxford University’s political societies have responded to the government’s decision not to resume in person teaching for students until at least the 17th May....
Oxford societies respond to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"The president of OULD, Asher Weisz, said that 'the bill will massively constrain the ability of all people to protest by giving the Government sweeping new powers to take action if one person is ‘annoyed’ by a protest.;”
Meet the Balliol student running for Oxfordshire County Council
"Sasha Mills speaks to Michael O’Connor, a student at Balliol studying for a master's in philosophy, who is running in this year’s County Council Elections for the University Parks Ward and is also a member of the last standing Oxford team in this year's University Challenge."
