Tom Williams

The sound and smell of fire consuming Grenfell Tower still hang like a ghost in the air to some of the residents of Grenfell and the surrounding houses and tower blocks, even a year after the disaster.

Jeremy Corbyn faces an uphill battle to become Prime Minister, but opposing Brexit could give him the keys to Number 10.

A democratic win in Alabama and, the Government’s loss of a majority in the UK shows that momentum is on the side of progressives this year.

The recent victory of the centre-right Austrian People’s Party shows that the right is still rising, but the centre-left progressives can win again.

Mark Lilla — an American political scientist and author of ‘The Once and Future Liberal’ argues in his book that the left must move away from identity politics and have a broader appeal.

Theresa May’s opinions on Britain’s democratic norms and values have, by and large, been ignored, due to the perception that her lack of a majority prevents her from doing anything about them. But she still has enough power to push through significant changes to our democracy.

As more and more Remainers say they want Britain to stay in the EU, a much more coherent strategy to increase support for our EU membership is needed if we are going to stop Brexit. Firstly, Remainers must understand what led to 52% of voters voting to leave.