A Year in Review: our politics
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In December 2019, the Conservative Party won 365 seats and 43.6% of votes in the House of Commons, placing them 162 seats ahead of the Labour…
Rethink. Reskill. Re…WHAT?
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson The COVID-19 pandemic has led to untold job insecurity across virtually all sectors of employment. Some do not know where the money to pay their rent is…
Love the Union? Beware of Boris!
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Owing to particularly unsettling polling statistics which were said to have startled even the Prime Minister, a hastily organised trip north of the border was meant to…
The youth of today: the Conservatives’ latest scapegoat
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson The Tories seem to have found their scapegoat for the seemingly “inevitable” second wave of Covid-19. Young people. Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, has said that the…
Conservative competence: victim of COVID-19?
llustrations by Hannah Robinson I have a confession to make. I am a natural Conservative voter. This might come as no surprise; I ‘look’ like a natural Conservative voter- I am…
Is Boris u-turning out of control?
U-turning on policy, when faced with overwhelming resistance, demonstrates a government’s ability to listen to its electorate. But, not only that. It also illustrates our ability, as an electorate, to…
Now more than ever, don’t call him Boris!
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson In order to properly scrutinise the Prime Minister’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, he must be held to a standard of professionalism and ignore his attempts at…
We’ve never been in the same boat, COVID-19 won’t change that
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson I’m fed up of people saying things like ‘we’re all in the same boat’; COVID-19 has not suddenly caused inequalities to disappear. We have never been in…
Spinsters like Cummings are undermining democracy
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Sunday’s COVID-19 press briefing was a heinous moment for Boris Johnson. Since March, the country has been under lockdown in order to slow the spread of COVID-19….
The Best of Both Worlds: How COVID-19 highlights the strength of devolution
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson For better or worse, our family of nations remains united. We squabble. We bicker. And we would probably describe ourselves as dysfunctional. But what has so far…
Dear the left, gays are not your pets
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson I am a young Scottish Conservative studying politics in Aberdeen. I like aviation, sci-fi and, like everyone else, I enjoy going to the pub. I also happen…