About Us
The People's News is a media site that tries to bring unviolated truth and in depth analysis to the electorate. It is our belief that the key component to Liberal Democracy is a well educated electorate, and with that in mind we deliver news on Politics covering a variety of issues from many nations. Our mission is to educate and inform. To have a political debate based on the real world and not based on the desires of an elite few or fears of a scared population.
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We are run by keen political commentators who are passionate about their beliefs and opinions. Our writers come from a diverse range of backgrounds and have differing views on the politics of the day. We do not regulate our writers and this way we provide truly independent political commentary.
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The People's News started as a group of writers on Quora who decided to set up a collaborative blog. We have since picked up some very talented writers along on the way.
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We apologise for the adverts on our site, however we are looking for a way to pay our contributors. If you want to help us out and support us then please donate to us.
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Additionally we are looking for new writers, should you want to join us please contact us at thepeoplesnewseditor@gmail.com
Editor in Chief and Founder: Iwan Doherty
Iwan is our head of operations at the People's News. Founding the site from a group of young writers on Quora and growing it to what it is now. He is currently a student at the University of Nottingham finishing his Physics degree. Currently Living in Warwick, the town of his birth. He is a supporter of the Labour party in the UK and a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and bid to become Prime Minister. You can get in touch with him at thepeoplesnewseditor@gmail.com.
Editor: Adam Brosnan
Adam is an undergrad studying Psychology. Ideally he would be focusing on his degree, but he can't sit back and allow the government to continue to oppress the people they claim to serve. The thing that annoys him most is hypocrisy: if the Tories don't want to help the most vulnerable in our society, so be it - but how dare they come out week after week and pretend that there is nothing they can do to end the suffering caused by austerity.
Head of Communications: Henry Jones
Henry is a 17 year old A Level student. Looking at the world through Geopolitics. Free market economist. Feminist. Christian. Varying political allegiance. Hoping to study International Relations with Security and Strategy. Writes on international affairs, with particular interest in Russia. Has written previously for Student Voice and BackBench.
Peter Budd
Peter is currently studying an MA in History at Cardiff University. He focuses on social and labour history of the 19th century, up to the First World War. He is a current member of the Labour Party. He also writes for Gair Rhydd, the Cardiff University student newspaper, and does some rugby related writing.
Head of Recruitment: Zachary Ntim
A very tired journalism student based in London. Tweet me cool things!
Recruiting
We are currently looking to for new political writers to help grow our team. We have recently had a large increase in views and want to use this to expand. Unfortunately, we cannot currently pay our writers, although we hope to change this in the near future.
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We are also looking for graphic producers to produce political graphics and figures to complement our articles. If you are interested in regularly producing them for us, get in contact via the email.
Writing for The People's News involves agreeing to contribute to the site regularly, however we appreciate that individuals will have other commitments. We pride ourselves in providing accurate, well written journalism, although previous experience in writing isn't necessary; our team of editors will assist you if you're struggling. We have a resident cartoonist, as well as a number of individuals who will design a graphic to support the argument of your article. We recruit individuals of any age, and encourage all our writers to activly use Twitter, as this is one of our most used forms of engagement.
If you are interested in writing for us regularly then please contact us at the above address. Please include a short biography, as well as a sample article or example of your writing.
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We also rely heavily on freelance writing and so welcome all submissions. If you have an article or a pitch that you would like our editors to consider then please get in touch with us. Please include 'submission' and the title of the article in the subject line. Please attach the article with the Email, and we will try to reply to all submissions.
Our Management Team
Heidi Boahen
Heidi was born and raised in Germany and moved to the UK at the age of 14. She has a degree in Sociology and Social Policy and a Masters in Human Rights, Culture and Social Justice. She believes in rights and equality for all. She is also currently working for an MP in the Labour Party within the House of Commons.
Matthew Riding
Matthew is a left of centre writer with no party allegiance. He currently studies an MA Political Economy at King's College London, where he also did his undergraduate degree in Philosophy.
Langley Henry
Langley Henry is a postdoctorate Research fellow in political science at St John’s College, University of Cambridge after having done his undergraduate (Politics, Philosophy, Economics (PPE)) and postgraduate (Political Science and History of Western Thought) degrees (B.A., M.Sc., DPhil) at Balliol College, University of Oxford. He is the author of several essays that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and is now working on publishing his Oxford doctoral thesis as a monograph with Oxford University Press. Other than his academic work, he is a keen blogger and has written on contemporary and historical political topics as well as on western contemporary music.
Email: humanlangling@gmail.com
Adam Ferroudj
Adam is a member of the Labour party and one of the Quora faithful. He is a member of the Labour party and active within it, recently serving as an intern to Keir Starmer.
Liam Rayner
Liam is 30, and a Geordie but now living in Yorkshire. Interested in politics, bread making, growing vegetables and herbs, real ale, football, rugby league, foraging, tattoos and animal welfare. He is a Labour supporter and socialist and finds himself further left than Corbyn.
Jason Holyhead
Jason is a Labour Party member, and Chair of Manor Castle Ward as well as being Trade Union liaison officer Sheffield central CLP. He is heavily involved in grassroots politics and is also a father and husband.
Andrea Casal
Andrea is our Brexit Specialist. She is a Spanish journalist who has lived and worked in the UK for over a decade. She is just one of the millions of EU citizens here and all across the old continent whose voices need to be heard.
Thomas Hood
Thomas is currently a student at Trinity College, Cambridge in the UK. He has always enjoyed politics, chairing political debates, and campaigning for key issues such as Human Rights. He has been a member of the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats. He currently identifies as Centrist, Liberal, Progressive, Democrat, and Paternalist. He envisages a new kind of politics, and the resurgence of moderate, centrist policies and approaches. Thomas happily involves himself in political life at university, having joined the Cambridge Union. He welcomes all contact via email (ThomasGCHood@gmail.com), or on his Twitter!
Tyron Nathan King
Tyron is also a British writer. He's lived all across the globe, including Malaysia and New Zealand. Tyron was a Conservative but has recently joined the Labour party as his views changed. He now describea himself as a Centre Left Social Democrat
Oliver Murphy
Oliver is an A-Level Politics student, contributory writer and campaigner for MakeVotesMatter. His work focuses on British politics, contemporary political events and European politics. Supplementing this is a passion for History
George Calladine
George was the sole contributor to the political The Left Approach, but recently joined us at The People's News. His articles come unashamedly from a left wing perspective.
Salam Amani
Salam is one of our writers who focuses on the madness that is occurring across the pond, despite being a Brit. A liberal who supports the introduction of Single Payer healthcare and a $15 minimum wage.
Donald Henderson
Donald is a British writer, who is also on Quora. Donald is 23 and graduated University in 2015 and now works as a Graphic designer across the entire UK, while living in London. Email: dhenderson05@outlook.com.
Cameron Archibald
Cameron is 20 and is currently studying at Stirling University, taking a keen interest in politics, history and economics. Cameron is a member of the SNP and advocate for Keynesian economicAfter the independence referendum, Cameron went on to campaign in Stirling to become a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, which he successfully won with an increased voter turnout.