Thepoliticalidealist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 366 )

• A Rare Defeat for Amazon

  The Anglo-American world is a business environment in which multinationals and huge retail chains enjoy enough influence to prevent governmental and societal... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Of Viscous Lies, Marxism and Apolitical Decency

  I was originally planning to write an article about the US Federal Government shutdown, but I have said so much about previous threats of it that I think the... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is It Now A Crime To Be Unemployed?

  Conservative Party Conference is never a happy occasion for me. As the Cameronites make concessions to an increasingly dissatisfied and hurt Tory grassroots,... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Australia’s Asylum Shame

  Australia’s geography makes it a prime destination for asylum seekers to reach by boat from south Asia, Indonesia and the Pacific and even conflict-torn places... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right Said Ed

  Team Miliband has been releasing policy documents like there’s no tomorrow at Labour Party Conference, which is being held in the bustling bohemian seaside... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Germany Looks To The Right

  The centre-right Christian Democratic Union has won a resounding 41.5% of the vote in Germany’s federal elections. Under the system of proportional... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Is Politics?

  I will be posting some of my Government and Politics essays up here for you to enjoy… or mock as the case may be! These are very time consuming to write, so I... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• France Attacks the ‘Hyper-Sexualisation’ of Children

  The French Parliament is never afraid to intervene in an issue of national concern, where other legislatures would never dare to go. Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where I Agree With Nick… And Where I Don’t

  Credit where credit is due. The Liberal Democrats have secured a significant policy change that represents a step towards a political aim that is very... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Losers, Lefties and Liberals at Conference

  Britain is now well into Party Conference season, with the Liberal Democrats now midway through their annual gathering in Glasgow. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Your Right To Free Speech Is Under Attack

  

  Grenada Concerns about the freedom of the press, citizens’ privacy on the Internet and media censorship are already severe in the Western world, as revelation... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We CAN Save The People’s Post

  Royal Mail is set to be floated in a few weeks’ time, with the Coalition Government looking to sell at least 40.1% on the market and give 10% of shares to... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can A Country Have Too Much Money?

  Austerity is thought to be a universal process by most people, but there are a few countries in which extraordinary circumstances have allowed the pursuit of... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Victory, What Victory?

  British Chancellor George Osborne’s claim that he has ‘won the economic argument’ against Labour has not received the coverage it deserves. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• #Unite The Union Is Owed A Huge Apology

  

  Remember the Falkirk controversy, people? If not, you can refresh your memory here. Well, the Labour Party has announced that Unite the Union and its... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mind The £8,000,000 Gap

  The GMB trade union has shocked the Labour Party with its implementation of Ed Miliband’s proposed union-Labour link changes in advance of the special conferenc... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Best Way To Help Minimum Wage Workers Is To Increase The Minimum Wage

  The Conservative Party seems to have had a change of heart. After voting through real terms cuts in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) every year since it came to... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• WikiLeaks Must Grow Out Of Assange’s Shadow

  

  There are four major political parties in Australian politics: Labor, the Liberals, the ‘Nats’ (National Party) and the Greens. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• FLASHBACK: The Green Movement’s New Friends… The City?

  Originally published in November 2012An alliance of over 200 financial institutions, including the insurance and pensions giant Aviva and the astoundingly... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Syria Question

  

  The UN emblem Syria. The civil war. An issue which has become impossible to ignore as much of the world prepares to commit acts of warfare to remove the regime... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY