Since Donald Trump won the Presidential election there has been a lot of, I believe, lazy comparisons between him and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Whilst, as I will argue, they are similar in the sense […]
NHS privatisation? Don’t remember that being on the bus!
Theresa May’s plan for leaving the single market has left us at the mercy of other countries, who will seek to exploit our markets and public services for their own gain, and yet we are […]
Why not try being a vegetarian?
The question is not, ‘Can they reason?’ nor, ‘Can they talk?’ but, ‘Can they suffer?’” Contrary to stereotypes, I don’t make a big deal about the fact that I’m vegetarian, but whenever anyone finds out […]
Trump: the accidental fascist?
Copies of 1984 have sold out on Amazon in recent weeks, and you do not need to be Sherlock to figure out why that might be. For the American far-right, and the Trump administration which […]
Why blocking Nazis from Buchenwald is right
Even with a global rise of the extreme-right, it’s safe to say no one would expect its leaders to visit a holocaust memorial with any intention other than to cause trouble. That seems to have […]
Why Fairey’s headscarf shows solidarity and not oppression
At first glance the image of a women wearing a headscarf made of the American flag is a serious act of support for American Muslims. However does this misrepresent Muslim women and are we excusing […]
The liberal who cried wolf
First things first; a disclaimer. Like 99% of the people I know I find Trump’s Muslim ban repulsive, ill thought out and counterproductive. As such it became a valid topic for what was Leeds’ third […]
‘Food Porn’ vs ‘Clean Eating’: are they more similar than we really think?
“I despair of the term ‘clean eating’…it necessarily implies that any other form of eating – and consequently the eater of it – is dirty or impure and thus bad.” – Nigella Lawson. In an […]
A presidential weekend
Day One: Journalists and Spies The new White House press secretary Sean Spicer accused photo-journalists of conspiring against the President, to make it seem like Trump was a polarising figure with limited popular support. He […]
The threat to journalism in the post-truth era
It wouldn’t be an official Trump announcement without a light hint of outrage. This time it is journalists who had a lot to worry about. In his first press conference since becoming President-Elect – something […]
EU’ll miss us when we’re gone!
You might think you’re sick of hearing about Britain and the European Union, perhaps even exhausted of the whole affair, but Theresa May most likely cannot close her eyes without seeing ‘Brexit’. Don’t be fooled […]
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The death penalty is wrong, even for Dylan Roof
Yesterday Dylann Roof, the white supremacist guilty of killing the church-goers that warmly welcomed him into their community, was sentenced to execution. His crimes are monstrous. Roof premeditated the murder of those welcoming people and […]