This week, The Tab published a quiz on their website entitled,’Which far-right group are you?’. Although some might interpret it as no more than light-hearted satire, LS Debate asks, is this latest post by The Tab acceptable?
Comment | Hyde Park ad – Shock advertising should be challenged
If, like me, you didn’t know about Red’s True BBQ until this week, you’ll have seen their latest shock marketing campaign to stir social media. The company have launched an ad mocking vegetarianism using a […]
Comment | Death penalty debate
The use of the death penalty in the United States will always be a divisive issue that provokes passionate debate. It is incomprehensible that executions can still occur in a country that professes to be […]
Comment | Our miserable capital isn't the answer
I think it is fairly common knowledge that the north is better than the south. Oh, hark at the swathe of southern flavoured indignation that ripples mildly around the room! Yeah, at producing professional dossers, […]
Comment | Maria Miller and the greedy expenses culture
As Maria Miller bids and overdue farewell to government, we are all left still questioning, how on earth did this happen again? The now former Culture Secretary was caught fiddling expenses to the tune of […]
Comment | Feckless Farage and his malignant politics
Are you not getting that promotion you want at work? I think it’s time you blamed the EU. Unable to shoot your noisy immigrant neighbours? Well, that’s down to some unacceptably semi-literate ruling passed by […]
Comment | Peaches Geldof and the carvery of celebrity culture
Peaches Geldof is 25 years old and the daughter of famous parents. She is married, and has two children. She also died today. These are the only facts we know. Although Peaches may be an […]
Comment | In praise of the all-male panel ban
We shouldn’t need quotas for anything. However, the world is still not an equal place, even in the seemingly liberal world of Western media. Discrimination is so ingrained within the fabric of our society, that […]
Comment | There's nothing dubious about democracy
As a former Chair of Leeds Labour Club, I read the article on our supposed “dubious tactics” with great interest. Last year, under my tenure as Chair of Leeds Labour Club, we were described by the […]
Comment | The brutal lessons of WW1
Most people’s knowledge of the Great War is summed up perfectly in an episode of Friends in which Phoebe and Rachel reach the conclusion that the allied forces fought against Mexico in the First World […]
Comment | All quiet reigns supreme
When you’re a kid, things seem so innocent. You are given lots of toys by mummy and daddy which you can use to create your own little fantasy world. And in this fantasy world, heroes […]
Comment | The public, poppies and rabid patriotism
As this year will mark the centenary anniversary since the outbreak of the First World War, perhaps it is a good time to reconsider how we remember WW1 and other conflicts. We are in a situation where […]