If you have been following any events in America over the last couple of years you have probably heard the phrase ‘watershed moment’ more than once or twice. It was a watershed moment when the […]
“Taking The Wheel To Avoid a Car Crash Brexit”: ‘Our Future, Our Choice’ Tours The North For A People’s Vote.
The BATTLEBUS tour of the North may sound like a preview to the upcoming series of Game of Thrones, but it is merely another episode of the longest political satire ever:’Brexit’. Escaping the chaos at […]
“Democracy Didn’t Die In 2016”: Interview with Femi Oluwole, the Co-Founder Of Anti-Brexit ‘Our Future Our Choice’
‘Our Future Our Choice’ is a recent campaign to demand a second referendum on the Brexit vote. Armed with a battle bus, the campaign made a trip around several Northern Universities, including Leeds, to meet […]
Gina Martin’s Fight To Make Upskirting Illegal
Gina Martin was at the British Summertime Festival waiting for The Killers to play when two fellow festival-goers began acting in a way that made her uncomfortable. In a piece she wrote for BBC News, […]
“Get Your Hands Off My Bacon”: MP Liz Truss on Brexit, The Meat Industry and The Tories Winning The Next Election
Last Friday at an event hosted by 1828, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss came to the University of Leeds to speak about how she feels the Conservatives can improve on their standing about […]
How Nancy Pelosi Forced Donald Trump To Give In
Two weeks ago, President Trump agreed to reopen the U.S. government without any money for a wall on the border with Mexico. For thirty-five days, the President had refused to sign any budget from Congress […]
‘Casual Feminism’ – Is the Bar Set Too Low?
Earlier this month, Andy Murray announced his looming retirement. It was an emotional press conference, as Murray explained he fears that he will not be fit enough to play at the Wimbledon Championships in the […]
Is This Sexual Harassment?
With 2018 the year of Harvey Weinstein and Sir Philip Green, one might think that as a society we’ve now got a pretty good grip on what it means to be sexually harassed in the […]
Is Macron Letting Them Eat Cake?
Emmanuel Macron was elected as president of France in 2017 for his promise of changing the way politics worked at a fundamental level. Disillusioned with mainstream politics, the French people had had enough. The conventional […]
Making A Case For The Wall?
Mark Napier, the Republican sheriff of Pima County in Arizona, spoke to the New York Times podcast ‘The Daily’ regarding President Donald Trump’s demands for a wall on the United States-Mexico border. Pima County is […]
Is the L Missing in LGBT?
As ‘She’ is the only lesbian-priority venue in London and the monthly ‘Dyke Chambers’ night at Wharf Chambers the only lesbian-focused night in Leeds, it often seems as though the ‘L’ in ‘LGBT’ is cast […]
The Lazarus of Italian Politics: Berlusconi Comes Back For More
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi announced that he is running for a seat in the European Parliament come May. At the ripe age of 82, Berlusconi’s bid for a stint in the European Union’s […]