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Is Democracy Truly Democracy when Decisions are Binary?
The Ancient Greeks were the first civilisation to employ a political system known as democracy; however, by today’s standards, this...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 12, 20183 min read
Conservatives, Labour and who?
Traditionally, Britain has operated under a two-party system whereby two fairly equally matched parties compete for power at elections...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 9, 20185 min read
Party Politics. How Big an Issue?
Labour. Conservative. Liberal Democrat. The parties that claim to represent different sections of our society are the very foundation of...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 8, 20184 min read
Are We Heading in the Left Direction?
One-thousand-one-hundred-and-ninety-one years ago in 827AD, the first monarch was established to rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England....
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 7, 20182 min read
What must the Labour Party do to become electable? Ditch loony Liberalism.
Throughout the 20th century, the Labour Party and the Labour movement offered so much in the way of change in Great Britain. Under...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 6, 20183 min read
Oh, Jeremy Corbyn
Go on, YouTube it. Jeremy Corbyn at Glastonbury festival. What is it that attracted the masses to come and sing his praises at...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 5, 20183 min read
The Conservative Party has a problem looming in the future, and siding with the DUP won't solve it.
Social conservatism is dead. Gone. And the Tories aren’t going to get anywhere near a majority while carrying that dead weight. The...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 4, 20182 min read
The Fruitcake Invasion
Fruitcakes, loonies, closet racists. Call them you want but the United Kingdom Independence Party was formed with one primary goal: to...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 3, 20186 min read
The Grab for Power
Democratic coalitions in British government have been a political presence since the beginnings of democracy, with the first occurring in...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 2, 20183 min read
No Party for any Party?
Since the EU Referendum in 2016, and more recently the 2017 General Election, the sentiment coming from many in the UK is one of...
pettybourgeoisie
Jun 1, 20184 min read
Does Britain need a Pre-Brexit Consensus to survive past March 2019?
As someone who is avid about British Politics, I am, of course, a weekly consumer of BBC’s Question Time. If you didn’t already know -...
pettybourgeoisie
May 30, 20183 min read
Control (kənˈsɛnsəs)
Hyper partisanship is on the rise. However, in recent years there has been a public push for political consensus. This notion of...
pettybourgeoisie
May 29, 20182 min read
Party Politics and the Negative Effect on the Economy and Society in the Long Haul.
How can we not remember a childhood dream of a future utopia to grow into, to become a part of? Politically, such a utopia is not...
pettybourgeoisie
May 28, 20183 min read
The Illogical Nature of Party Politics.
At its heart Party Politics is ridiculous. It causes people to disagree about things they wouldn't have disagreed about without Party...
pettybourgeoisie
May 27, 20183 min read
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