Public Policy28th September 2026
Reform's £72m donor row shows Britain isn't turning into America, the rules are stricter and tightening, but the scale and the alleged foreign-money dodge make this a genuinely serious case, not just media noise.
Josh Dolan10 min read
Public Policy9th September 2026
Ireland's centuries of conquest, famine and partition never actually got resolved, they just got paused by the Good Friday Agreement, and Brexit has now reopened the constitutional question that Burnham says he won't touch but his own Northern Ireland Secretary admits is coming anyway.
Josh Dolan13 min read
Public Policy19th August 2026
Burnham's built his premiership on the argument that previous generations of politicians let big problems drift, but his own record as mayor shows that even correctly diagnosing that failure doesn't guarantee you can fix it once the constraints get bigger.
Josh Dolan8 min read
Democracy only works if the people inside it understand how it works, yet a postcode lottery in political education means most young people never get taught how it works at all.
Josh Dolan9 min read
Andy Burnham spent a decade fighting Westminster from the outside. Now he runs it, and his Greater Manchester record, not his rhetoric, is the best guide to what a Burnham government will actually do.
Josh Dolan14 min read
For the first time in two years, Britain is about to change Prime Minister, and not a single voter will go to the polls to make it happen. Here's what's unfolding, and why it matters.
Josh Dolan9 min read
OpinionPoliticsPublic Policy7th May 2026
Nigel Farage has reshaped British politics through “common sense” populism and the rise of Reform UK. But have his promises on immigration and the economy been kept, and what does his success reveal about British democracy?
Josh Dolan17 min read
Is the problem water companies, or the system meant to regulate them?
Josh Dolan3 min read
Public PolicyOpinion6th April 2026
Labour's new inheritance tax reforms cap relief on agricultural assets at £2.5 million, introducing an effective 20% tax above this threshold and reshaping how family farms are passed on.
Josh Dolan3 min read
How tensions involving Iran are driving energy prices and reshaping UK politics.
Josh Dolan2 min read