The Return of One-Nation conservatism, or the end of the Conservatives? David Cameron and More: The November 2023 Reshuffle Analysed. 16 th November 2023 From the moment she stepped into office as the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman had been nothing short of controversial [1] . Given the fact that she had been sacked as Home Secretary under Liz Truss for sending a government document from her personal email, on a day she had been included in High Wycombe MP Steve Baker’s ‘BeReal.’, [2] It came off as a politically questionable decision for Rishi Sunak to put her back into the cabinet as Home Secretary, meaning that in his mission to do every job around the cabinet table, Grant Shapps had a whopping six days as Home Secretary on his CV, making him the shortest serving Home Secretary in history. In cabinet, Braverman was the most senior of the ‘populist’ wing of the Conservative Party, with a laser focus on the issue of immigration, describing her dream as being a picture on...
Should the U.K. Government Continue to Build High Speed 2? IMAGE SOURCE, SIEMENS/PA Preface This was the subject of my A-Level EPQ. Now that results day has certainly been and gone, I thought that sharing it on here would be a good idea. For those who are unaware, The EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) is an essay or product based qualification that tests a student's ability to design a project from start to finish. In essence, it's a mini dissertation. It goes without saying, that this is a year old and some little details may have changed here or there, however I believe that my argument is still a very important one that does represent the case for high speed rail in Britain. I must also note that the EPQ has a word limit of ~5000 words, therefore it is impossible to cover every single argument for and against HS2. On top of what is written here, we must also take into consideration the fact that the DfT is considering scrapping the leg to Manchester all together, ...