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I was recently in Istanbul having been invited to speak at a conference organised by the Republican People's party (CHP) Youth, the youth organisation of Turkey’s main opposition party. What I saw on my visit worried me greatly. Turkey is a democracy on the edge of...

In his speech yesterday David Cameron set out his thoughts on Isil in a manner that many would agree with. He explained that the ‘threat is Islamist extremist terrorism – and it has found a new, hellish crucible – with Isil, in Iraq and Syria. These people are evil,...

The amount of interest, passion and debate sparked in Scotland by the independence referendum has been completely unprecedented. For those of us who believe that politics should be a part of everyone’s lives (and that voter disengagement threatens to undermine the...

Part of Labour’s general election strategy is to win the votes of first-time voters, young and old. This requires getting those who have never voted before onto the register and out of the door on polling day: not a small challenge. Too often the conversation around...