In this week’s blog, Jo looks at how a new wave of leaders — from New York’s Zohran Mamdani to the Netherlands’ Rob Jetten and the Greens’ Zack Polanski — are connecting with voters through energy and optimism, while Labour seems stuck in the November gloom.
In this week’s blog, Jo discusses the political chaos surrounding the grooming gangs inquiry — a stark reminder of how victims are failed time and again. With mistrust in institutions and endless delays, Jo asks whether another inquiry will change anything, or if it’s time, as Michael Heseltine once said, to Just Do It.
In this week’s blog, Jo reflects on the Liberal Democrat Conference and considers how Ed Davey’s appeal to decency, community, and middle England could counter Farage, Reform, and divisive politics.
In the first few weeks of his Premiership, there were grumblings about the amount of time Sir Keir Starmer spent out of the country but it might just be that the benefit of those early meetings with European leaders, Donald Trump and others is about to be realised.
This week, Jo dives in to the shock results of the Tory leadership contest and whether the US government can control the weather?
In her latest Blog, Jo Phillips reflects on Just Stop Oils latest protest, the politicisation of environmental concerns and the difficultly of striking a balance when it comes to implementing green initiatives.
In this weeks blog, Jo Phillips discusses the upcoming general election, the significance of the coming weeks and the importance of voting.
