The First Post

Hello there. If you’ve managed to somehow find your way on to this post, then you’ve found yourself on the first post of my brand new blog.

So I’m Luke. I’m eighteen and a former A-level student (before they were abruptly stopped by the notorious Coronavirus) who studied Politics, History, Geography and Economics. Outside of school, I obsessively follow politics (probably a bit too much). I’m a member of the Liberal Democrats, the best party ever (I say as I cry myself to sleep). Other than that, geography is a favourite topic of mine. Specifically the human side of it, and, more specifically than that, urban design. And linking to that yet again, architecture is something I enjoy a lot, to the extent that I designed a skyscraper once (it probably would have collapsed, but that’s besides the point). 

So why start a politics blog? Well for one thing, the world of politics is massively interesting (that’s a given). Politics is an ever changing landscape (what a unique phrase). The way in which the institutes of our politics interact show this: the Supreme Court ruling in September last year perfectly shows the evolving shape of politics, with the emergence of a more prominent Supreme Court. This is again changing; The Conservative Manifesto at the last election promised to ‘to look at the broader aspects of our constitution: the relationship between the Government, Parliament and the courts’ so the power of the Supreme Court is highly likely to be challenged. That’s one reason for making this blog, to talk about those interactions and offer an opinion on them.

On a more personal level, starting a blog is a way for me to express a lot of my opinions and ideas that I never really share properly. Writing my opinions gives me more time to properly articulate what I want to say. And as well, I think it’s a better way of giving a sort-of commentary on politics and giving my two cents on things.

For the most part, this blog will be me explaining various ideas about politics that I’ve picked up from all over the place. On top of that, I’ll do an occasional post on something else like geography or history, depending if I’m doing something related to them or if I just feel like it. I’m going to try to upload to this blog weekly, which shouldn’t be too difficult with the newfound abundance of free time that I now have. However, procrastination can persevere, so we’ll see.

But anyway, thanks for reading this, and tune in next week/at some point when I’ll put up a post on my political views. Probably quite important for a politics blog.