Clegg: Bad Guy Doing Good?

Conor Campbell is starting to have sympathy for Clegg. “Many see a man drowning in a sea of depression, I see something slightly different. As a Labour Party member this view I have of the Cleggster worries me.” 

The Faith of the Faithless

Conor Campbell was intrigued by a debate on BBC’s ‘The Big Questions’ last week. He even missed the Sunday Supplement for it. What was the debate on? What was Conor’s response?

The Origins of Irish Politics

With Ireland hit by election fever this week Conor Campbell attempts to explain the political system in the Emerald Isle.

What Can Politics Learn From Eddie Guerrero?

On the 13^th on November the world of ‘Sports Entertainment’ and its fans remembered the life of Eddie Guerrero, who passed away five years previously. Conor Campbell looks at how he inspires the next generation in the public eye.

Being Called a “Liberal” Used to be an Accusation; now it’s the Norm

Conor Campbell believes it is harder to distinguish ideologies: it seems we are now all liberal in some form or another.

It’s Not All Socialism’s Fault!

Socialism isn’t as bad an idea as most socialists make it out to be, argues Conor Campbell.

Same Old Conservatives?

 

Conor Campbell asks whether the Tory leopards have in fact changed their old-fashioned spots?

‘We do not have to leave the world the way we found it’

Conor Campbell dissects Ed Miliband’s speech to the Labour party conference yesterday.

An Evening with Ed Miliband

By Conor Campbell

Surrey Heath is Michaels Gove’s constituency, and in the recent election he increased his majority from 10,845 to 17,289. The Labour candidate Matt Willey received 10.2% of the vote, so it may seem a strange place for Labour Leader candidate Ed Miliband to give a speech and try and convince the few members of the area that he is the man to lead the party.

Why Northern Ireland Cannot March Away Its Problems

By Conor Campbell

Every year in the month of July the Orange Order march throughout Northern Ireland to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne which took place in 1690 between the English King James and the Dutch King William, who had dethroned James 2 years previous. The scenes of violence that have being shown on television during these marches are of youths from the mainly nationalist areas  rioting as a  reaction towards these marches taking place, feeling they represent an era of repression of Catholics.