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 […]
Tim Goodall: ‘The Green Party offers something different and offers hope’
The Green Party’s candidate for Leeds North West, Tim Goodall, was extremely popular with students at the University’s election debates. Promising to scrap University fees, pay a living wage, protect public services and double the […]
Social supermarkets: the answer to food poverty?
As someone who calls South London their home, the news of West Norwood’s first ‘social supermarket’ offers a glimmer of hope to those dependent on the strained Food Bank culture of the twenty-first century. This […]
Vote and show the politicians you’re a vote worth winning
Recently in my student accommodation, voting registration forms have been sent to each student. Not only did many bin them, but when I asked my friends why they weren’t voting, they replied along the lines […]
Owen Jones is right: we need the ‘politics of hope’, not fear
Last week at Leeds Beckett University, political activist, Guardian columnist and author Owen Jones urged his audience to follow the ‘politics of hope’. Like many, he feels angry and frustrated that the political elite has […]