• A Recap Of 2022

    Poppy Read-Pitt Let’s cast our minds back to this time last year, January 2022. This month, like all of the months before it, was largely dominated by news of Covid which -for the sake of our collective sanities- I won’t recount. I’ll instead focus on another devastating blow from...
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    Rishi Sunak: Our Third Prime Minister This Year

    The wait is over. It has been a tense few days since Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister, and we have been waiting to hear who would take premiership. Esha Dev reports on how Rishi Sunak has become our new Prime Minister....
  • Liz Truss Resigns, Conservative Leader Set Out to be Elected by Next Week

    Esha Dev Liz Truss has resigned after only 44 days in office, and we have been promised a new Prime Minister by the 28th of October in time for the fiscal statement on the 31st. Impact’s Esha Dev reports. Truss said in her statement that she could not deliver...
  • Liz Truss Announced As The New Prime Minister to Replace Boris Johnson

    Following what can only be described as a chaotic couple of months in British politics, Liz Truss has been confirmed as Boris Johnson’s successor. On Tuesday, Liz Truss will officially be the new Prime Minister and will set out to be appointed by the Queen in her home in...
  • Balmoral not Buckingham: Her Majesty will not appoint the new PM in London

    On Monday 5th September 2022, Britain’s next Prime Minister will be announced. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will be invited to form a new government by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll. However, there has been a slight change in protocol this year, with the Queen choosing to appoint...
  • Evaluating The Remaining Conservative Leadership Candidates

    On the 7th of July Boris Johnson resigned. Conservative MPs are currently selecting their next leader. There were eleven, now there are three. They will be whittled down to two by MPs and be put to the membership. Felix Hawes talks us through what Conservative MPs and members may...
  • Boris Johnson Survives Confidence Vote

    After months of speculation, a vote of confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership was triggered by the Conservative Party. 15% of the 359 membered parliamentary Conservative Party had to submit a confidence letter to Sir Graham Brady, of the 1922 Backbench Committee for such a vote to take place. The...