Roll up roll up freshers! From the title of my article you can probably guess that I am about to try and divulge into the almost taboo concerning the North versus the South. What a […]
Depression is VERY real
When I read the tweets from the MMA fighter Andrew Tate stating that depression wasn’t real, I was firstly shocked but also deeply frustrated. JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter franchise and an icon […]
Heteronormativity, Sexism and Disrespect: The Mirror’s Attack on Women Must Not Be Ignored
The power of the tabloid press in the contemporary world is an undeniable truth. Though the outcome of the General Election in June signified the failure of tabloids, such as The Sun and The Daily […]
As Maduro Strangles Democracy, Corbyn Needs To Step Up
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2001 Leeds Student Interview Reveals May’s Support for Section 28
An interview from a 2001 edition of The Gryphon, then called the Leeds Student, has been rediscovered showing the Prime Minister’s support for section 28 – the legislation which prevented the “promotion of homosexuality in […]
Who’s ready for Rees-Mogg?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whisper it quietly but people are slowly but surely starting to use the words “Rees-Mogg” and ‘Prime Minister’ in the same sentence. The odds on his becoming so have been slashed in recent weeks, making […]
Bullying is bad – unless you’re a Tory
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the Fabian Society conference that I attended on Saturday, Yvette Cooper, Labour MP and one-time leadership candidate, called for an end to the nasty abuse to Conservatives, journalists and indeed, other labour supporters. This […]
The Gryphon asks: Umunna’s Brexit amendment – the right decision?
Yes – Samuel Robinson As the painful Brexit saga rumbles on, we have our latest morsel of tragi-comic entertainment: Chuka Umunna’s motion to amend the Queen’s Speech to guarantee membership of the single market and […]
Now is the real test of whether Corbyn is PM material
It would be something of an understatement to describe the last year as a bad one in British politics. The referendum last year opened the floodgates to a whole host of problems, first claiming the […]
If you want to win the youth vote, you’ve got to speak their language
“Children are to be seen and not heard”, so goes the idiom. And so goes the Tory party’s strategy towards young voters as well, according to their 2017 election campaign. If the Tories want to […]
Theresa May got us into this election mess. Now let her muddle through it.
These election results are a shambolic mess. It has cost us £130 million and didn’t give the increased majority the Conservatives predicted, but more importantly, the UK now has an illegitimate government in both numerical […]
GE2017: the real winners
The real winners in last week’s general election were the youth. With the Conservatives losing their majority and the Labour party, whilst making impressive gains, falling short, it is the young people of Britain who […]