The real scandal is what Cameron is doing to this country. Rarely does the Westminster bubble provide us with such explosive entertainment as it did last week. When it was alleged that the Prime Minister […]
Going to University in Leeds tops all other cities
Admittedly, I, and most people I know, had seldom thought to venture into Leeds before uni open days. This faraway Northern land was rumoured to have arctic temperatures, no phone signal and nothing more than […]
Corbyn: Labour’s route to identity?
Jeremy Corbyn, maverick MP for Islington North since 1983, has dominated headlines this week as private polls suggest he could surprise the bookies to emerge victorious in the Labour leadership contest. The already 5-time parliamentary […]
Has Game of Thrones gone too far in its portrayal of sexual violence against women?
Surely I can’t have been the only one who saw this coming? We’ve known for a few episodes now that in order to get her revenge on the Boltons, Sansa was going to have to […]
Outdated and unfair: it’s time for electoral reform
I never thought I’d see the day I agreed with Nigel Farage, but he recently hit the nail on the head, stating that it was the time for ‘real, genuine, and radical reform’ in our […]
The UK press is dictating our democracy
Anybody who’s picked up a UK newspaper in the last few months will have no doubt read numerous scathing attacks on certain political parties, especially the “Monster Raving Labour Party”. Ed Miliband claimed he was […]
Vote Swap is a good way for us to play the system
In an ideal world, we’d like to put forward a vote for the party that we’d like to see win the election. In an ideal world, our vote would always count. Unfortunately, we live in […]
Politicians have an image problem: they aren’t quite human
It’s a frequent complaint among the electorate. Whatever party they represent, politicians are ‘out of touch with ordinary people’, ‘liars’ and quite simply, ‘weird’. Of course, people don’t say these things without good reason. The […]
“A party doesn’t have to form a government to have an influence”: now is a good time to vote for smaller parties
In a recent article, MP Caroline Lucas gave us some insight into just how broken our political system is. Among other things, the former Green Party leader reports that party whips deliberately put people on […]
Messy, multi-party politics: The Leaders’ Debate 2015
Finally, the long-awaited leaders debate has materialised. The first challenge for our new multi-party democracy was to promote a critical and engaging discussion with a seven-way debate. This proved, as many might have predicted, a […]
“Why should my depression define me?” The Germanwings plane crash and the stigma of mental illness
It’s incredibly hard to put into words what mental illness means to me. I’ve tried more times than I can count, through years of therapy and stammered attempts at explanations to others, but the truth […]
One scandal too many: why Clarkson had to go
Following fifteen days of speculation, over a million signatures on an e-petition and a couple of idiots in a tank outside Number 10, the decision has made: Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked. It’s a victory […]