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Claire Jones

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the House of Commons
Opinion

Six big warnings about the rise of Farage

Claire Jones
20 May, 2025 (4 weeks ago)

To arm ourselves against Reform’s rise to power, we need first to recognise the most vulnerable parts of our current political landscape.

A photo of a ballot box
Opinion

It’s not Left vs Right anymore. It’s humanity vs inhumanity.

Claire Jones
7 May, 2025

We need to challenge the right-wing tactic of re-defining moral truths as ‘Leftie ranting’

Donald Trump
Opinion

The boys are back in town: reflections on the psychology of Trumpworld

Claire Jones
28 February, 2025

How did a cluster of toxic, binary attitudes get from the heads of small boys and Silicon Valley into the heart of Trump’s administration? 

Donald Trump
Opinion

What Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage mean for the Labour government

Claire Jones
21 January, 2025

‘The time for collusion, good chap politics and meekness is over’

Scrabble letters that read 'Democracy'
Opinion

Making the case for proportional representation against the backdrop of a growing far-right

Claire Jones
26 November, 2024

Without guardrails, PR becomes ‘anything goes democracy’ which is ultimately no democracy at all but just a child with a handgun.

Voting Ballot Box
Opinion

Would proportional representation in the UK benefit the far right?

Claire Jones
15 October, 2024

Proportional is clearly more democratic than first-past-the-post. But European far-right shifts and the growth of Reform UK are not good optics.

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