Luke Dodd

Blue Wave: The US Senate Elections

A few key terms before starting: Primary Election – The way in which candidates for election in the US are selected by the members of their party Special Election – Election conducted to fill a seat for the remainder of its term GOP – Grand Old Party, refers to the Republican Party 2020 is aContinue reading “Blue Wave: The US Senate Elections”

A-Levels 2020: Hey, Gavin, Leave Our Grades Alone

So today was A-level results day. It has not been a good day. Students up and down the country received grades far below what their schools predicted, because of a system that appears to have downgraded pupils in disadvantaged areas, whilst protecting the grades of those at independent schools. Who could possibly have seen thisContinue reading “A-Levels 2020: Hey, Gavin, Leave Our Grades Alone”

“Liberating” the Lib Dems: Where does the party go?

Note: this was written before the election report that was released on the 15/5/20 Luck hasn’t particularly been on the Liberal Democrats side in the past few years. Having been quite shafted at the 2015 election, then the 2017 election, and then the 2019 election, it’s obvious to see why. In that five year period,Continue reading ““Liberating” the Lib Dems: Where does the party go?”

My political beliefs

A vital part of running a politics blog is having political views. It’d probably be good to explain what mine are, so here they are. Neoliberalism The immediate thought that comes to mind with the mention of Neoliberalism is not a particularly good one in my mind: the mass unemployment under Margaret Thatcher, the rabidContinue reading “My political beliefs”

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 ofContinue reading “The First Post”