News of the Home Office’s plan to deport 50 Black Britons on the 2nd of December was met with outrage and fierce resistance from campaigners and public figures alike. 82 Black public figures including David […]
Covid-19 vaccines: a promising NHS campaign to build public trust
The UK has just approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for rollout. This is a major development in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and comes at the end of a year that has been life-changing for […]
Protecting the powerful: France’s new law forbidding image and video sharing of police
The surveillance state, portrayed in dystopian novels as a government assuming ultimate control over its citizens, aims to stop disobedience at the source through the threat of punishment. The reality of the surveillance state is […]
Students, sustainability, and sweatshops
At present, the transparency of international supply chains often falls short when examining the global injustices faced by those at the heart of manufacturing; the workers. Workers face exposure to lethal toxins, banning of unions, […]
Is the civil war in Ethiopia inevitable?
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed decided to send troops into the Tigray region on the 4th of November. Since then, an increasing number of Ethiopians have been asking themselves whether a civil war is inevitable. Although […]
Government gives recovery funds to the arts: too little too late?
Funds are finally being given to the arts to rescue the dying industry. However, many arts venues and organisations have already closed due to lack of money, is it too little too late for the […]
Black Friday: who is paying the price?
Following the aftermath of Black Friday, including Pretty Little Thing’s 99% off sales leading to clothes selling for as cheap as 4p, it is no wonder that there has been serious uproar about the ethics […]
Catcalling: combating the normalisation of sexual harassment
Most women can recall the first time they were catcalled. Mine was when I was 13, walking alone in my home-town centre when two men in a van shouted out of their window that they […]
Low traffic neighbourhoods: a ‘drive’ in the right direction
Leeds City Council began its first ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ (LTN) trials this month in Hyde Park and Chapeltown following funding from the Department of Transport. The implementation of LTN trials, also known as ‘active travel […]
The Sainsbury’s Christmas advert: How should social media platforms respond to racism?
This week, Sainsbury’s has been hit with the blessing and the curse that is trending on Twitter. After debuting their new advert, Gravy Song, Sainsbury’s were instantly met with a storm of angry tweets and […]
Cummings, Carrie, and the crucial Conservative rebrand that could decide Boris Johnson’s future
Boris Johnson has not had a good second lockdown. First, his fiancée pushed his chief adviser out of Downing Street. Then, just when he was about to relaunch his party to address some of the […]
Devolution: Should the UK commit to federalism?
Devolution has been a part of UK politics since Tony Blair introduced it back in 1999. The policy of devolution granted Scotland with its own National Parliament, and Wales with a less powerful National Assembly. […]