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New Zealand heads to the polls on November 7 and as a country with similar political traditions to the UK, it is always worth looking at what is happening. The parties that loosely make up the two blocs have been competitive in opinion polls, so it’s a harder election than most to call.

The big difference between the UK, and my home country, is that


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The idea of an independent commission on electoral reform has been gaining traction lately, with nearly 200 MPs calling for one. But with a prime minister who understands the need for a fair voting system, do we still need one? Our new


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July saw the transition from one UK Prime Minister to another for the fifth time since 2019. Andy Burnham stepped through the threshold of Number 10, followed by a flurry of announcements on various issues – from the cost of living, to social care reform, to devolution.

Seven of this month’s polls were conducted since Andy Burnham was elected leader of the Labour par...


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Andy Burnham began his Premiership with promises of change and a break with the past way of doing politics.

Which is why one of his government’s first decisions deserves scrutiny. Anas Sarwar, the outgoing leader of the Scottish Labour Party, has been appointed to the House of Lords in order to serve as a Minister for Trade. Consequently, he will vacate his seat in H...


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I had the opportunity to visit Denmark’s democracy festival, Folkemødet, (translated as the People’s Meeting), this June. Representatives from Perth and Kinross council, Argyll and Bute council and I, swapped the Scottish summer rain for the sunshine of the Baltic island of Bornholm, where I got to see what attracts almost 65,000 people each year to a tiny fishing ...


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