Environmental challenges aren't for just one political party to deal with — everyone must work together to solve them, says conservation champion Danielle Butcher Franz. Drawing on her work with young conservatives mobilizing...

So today Craig is going to look at political ideology in America. We're going to focus on liberals and conservatives and talk about the influencers of both of these viewpoints. Now, it's important to remember that political ideologies...

President Trump's nomination of federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018 launched a bitter partisan fight that grew even more polarized when Christine Blasey Ford said Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in high...

Robb Willer studies the forces that unite and divide us. As a social psychologist, he researches how moral values -- typically a source of division -- can also be used to bring people together. Willer shares compelling insights on how we...

Today, Craig is going to talk about social policy - in the United States this means achieving one of three goals: protecting Americans from risk, promoting equal opportunity, or assisting the poor. Many Americans strongly believe in...

Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for...

While on lockdown, the galleries of Singapore's iconic ArtScience Museum were empty -- but online, the museum was abuzz. Honor Harger shares how they're engaging deeply with its visitors through streamed talks, performances and workshops...

Social psychologist Dannagal G. Young breaks down the link between our psychology and politics, showing how personality types largely fall into people who prioritize openness and flexibility (liberals) and those who prefer order and...

Join The Independent as our expert panel picks apart the key moments from the 2024 general election.Hosted by our chief political commentator John Rentoul, this event takes a deep dive into the immediate and long-term challenges facing...

Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the Conservatives most prominent politicians to be facing the very real threat of losing their seat at the general election in July 2024. Alex Ross spent the morning with the Tory member for North east...

Cameron: Putin should be ‘held accountable’ for death of Alexei NavalnySource: UK Government

A young director of Tory think tank, Blue Beyond, explained why she backed Kemi Badenoch for leader.Source: The Independent

All four leader candidates spoke at the second day of the Conservative conference but it was former PM Liz Truss who garnered the most attention.

Since Rishi Sunak's disastrous trip to the polls, quitting after losing power to Labour for the first time in 14 years, the Conservatives have been locked in a leadership campaign.Six was whittled down to a final four, with Robert...

A summary of the Conservative ideology with a emphasis on the difference between social & economic views.

Following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation and the controversies surrounding the SNP's leadership election, some have speculated that Labour could take advantage and make gains in Scotland. Soes polling bear this out? Could Labour really...

While local elections aren't all that important in isolation, they're a useful barometer of public sentiment on the major parties across the country. So in this video, we break down the upcoming elections and the things you should be...

Recent political events, including a controversial immigration bill and several government mistakes during the lockdown, have had an impact on polling numbers. Labour has sustained their lead in many political views, and, although Rishi...

Ahead of the upcoming local elections in May, the government has imposed a new ID rules in order to cast their vote. So in this video, we discuss what these rules are, why people oppose the government's move, and whether they'll have a...

The president's first budget provides a unique snapshot of how he is re-shaping American conservatism.

Yesterday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the UK government's new budget for 2020. As you'd expect the virus featured pretty heavily, but they also discussed taxation, investment, and borrowing. In this video,...

The Conservatives keep talking about Australian Style Points Based Immigration Systems. It's become a somewhat unwieldy catchphrase for the party and a core to how they see the UK operating post-Brexit. In this video, we explain what it...

The UK House of Commons uses the first past the post voting system. This system doesn’t proportionally represent the votes cast by the population as there is only one winner in each seat. Hypothetically if one party gained 51% of the...

In the last week an old conversation about social media fairness as reignited, with those on the right claiming that their views are being suppressed by social media. So in this video, we investigate the claim and discover whether the...