Faced with the shameful statistics that 13 million people in the UK are currently living below the poverty line and supermarkets waste 15 million tonnes of food each year, surely outrage and immediate action are […]
Comment | No 'benefit' to anyone
You might have noticed that critics and fans have been raving in equal measure about Channel 4’s recent series, Benefits Street. Whether you tuned in to watch or recoiled at the premise of the program, […]
Debate | Are supermarkets that super?
60 years ago local, independent food stores were at the heart of the high street and greengrocers were the cornerstone of our communities. Now, big brand supermarkets dominate the nation’s shopping habits. The ‘big four’: […]
Comment | Supermarkets not a shambles
On being asked to make a direct choice between giving custom to local independent shops or large multinational companies, it seems the natural, moral choice to opt for the former. One can’t imagine the kind […]
Comment | In defense of immigrants
Earlier this week (w/c 4th November), UCL published a comprehensive study on the effects of the presence of immigrants from the eight countries which joined the EU in 2004. It found that every year since […]
News | FemSoc leads second strike against Tequila
A second protest against the weekly Tequila UK club night will be held on December 9, as The Mezz has its license reviewed by the Council. The protest is being planned by Leeds University Union’s […]
Comment | Don't shove religion out of British life
What are our obligations towards the poor, the sick and the suffering? How, in a diverse, opinionated society do we create a consensus for social action? Religion must be allowed to play a part in […]
Comment | Come worship in the church of Kimye
In these days of ever growing secularism, the desire to believe in something has become less about the spiritual and more about the need to worship earthly mortals. I’m talking, of course, about The Kardashians. […]
Comment | Missing white female syndrome
The name Madeleine McCann has exploded back onto our front pages in recent weeks, when the Metropolitan Police reopened her case over six years after her original disappearance. Following last month’s carefully stage-managed appearance of […]
Comment | In praise of the 'chuggers'
High streets up and down the country are populated with what are pejoratively called “chuggers” (charitable muggers) who ask you to give money for a good cause whilst getting paid a wage. The extremely negative […]
Comment | 'Sex X' – the third option
Once more, progression and modernisation hit Europe for the better. This week Germany passed a law that allows babies with characteristics of both the male and female sex to be registered as neither on their […]
RAG reaches new heights
Students will be putting on their walking boots and attempting to get to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro this summer. This year, RAG is hoping to send over 80 students to Tanzania to climb the […]