Francois Hollande recently became embroiled in scandal after an alleged affair with a French actress uncovered by the French press. Tom Oliver investigates the cases in history when sex and politics have become enmeshed.
Corrupting crack
After both the chairman of the Co-operative Bank and the mayor of Toronto recently fell from grace due to their extra-curricular activities, Vivienne Dellious-Daly examines some of the more corrupt political or powerful figures of the past.
The rise and fall of the British coal industry
The annual price hike from energy companies has just been announced to widespread outrage. James Eatwell and Michael Cass return to the golden age of British energy and chart the rise and subsequent fall of our domestic coal industry.
Back-pocket politics
The Act of Union and Independence Referendum
One nation Miliband?
Ed Miliband’s recent Conference Speech was met with great acclaim for its ambitious and surprising declaration of a “One Nation” Labour Party. It was undoubtedly a brave and rousing message, but the proposal of “One Nation” is nothing new.The concept originated with a Conservative Prime Minister speaking 140 years earlier, yards from where Miliband himself Continue Reading