SPOTLIGHT

Labour Economics: Economy in 2020

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Economy in 2020’ is admirable for the working class in its principles but ultimately has its flaws. Battered and bruised, with knees rocking after a haymaker, Labour’s current predicament within British politics resembles that of a boxer that has been tactically outclassed for ten rounds, it’s close to a stoppage. Granted, politics has […]

The UK response to the “refugee crisis” is theoretically sound but practically counterproductive

The UK Conservative government has a strategy for tackling the current “refugee crisis” that is theoretically convincing but practically contradictory. The strategy consists of letting as few refugees onto UK soil as it can get away with, whilst increasing efforts to tackle the source of the crisis. The former is implicit in the numbers: until […]

Sport

Athletics’ Quick Fix: How the politics of doping is taking athletics to the brink of ruin

June 2003 As most sport-crazy 9 – 90 year-old boys do, I began reading my copy of the Mail on Sunday from the last page to the first. But on this particular day, my eyes were strangely captivated by the side column rather than the main headline. “World’s Fastest Couple give birth to baby boy”. […]

The fall of oil and the environment


The Fall of Oil and the Environment Bane or Blessing? The recent rapid decline of the price of oil, from around $115 per barrel in mid-2014 to below $50 per barrel by August 2015 (Brent Crude), has prompted widespread concerns about negative impacts of cheap oil on the environment. These concerns can be roughly divided […]

Human Rights

Rufgee crisis: Lessons David Cameron can learn from Lebanon’s example

In the midst of the current refugee crisis it’s easy to get caught up in numbers. Germany is expecting 800,000 by the end of the year – and 500,000 annually for years to come. Australia says they’ll let in 12,000 and David Cameron announced that the UK will accept 20,000 of the most vulnerable Syrian […]


 
 
 

 

Grexit: How has the Greek debt crisis really affected its citizens?

In recent years, Greece’s place in the Eurozone has been an example of how severe economic debt can detrimentally affect global and European financial markets. Currently, we’re waiting for a draft of the bailout deal to be ...
by Beth Harris
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Exhibition: ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’

“A picture is worth a thousand words“,  as we have often heard, was clearly presented by ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs‘, the current exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. This excerpt ...
by Bryony Cottam
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International Political Forum

WATCH: Income distribution in the UK

The income gap between rich and poor in the UK has been growing over the past 30 years. Today British inequality has reached its highest levels seen since World War II. Despite this, British people are unaware of how serious i...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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International Political Forum

Raising the Minimum Wage: Will it Work?

A recent proposal by George Osborne to increase the National Minimum Wage (NMW) has had a positive reception amongst politicians and the public alike. The plans include raising the minimum wage to £6.50, a 3% increase from the...
by Roland Mortimer
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International Youth Day: Trust Your Voice!

Today, August 12th, is International Youth Day, observed by the United Nations to raise awareness and share knowledge on the issues that young people face around the globe. This year’s observance focuses on youth migratio...
by Natasha Lipman
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Time to reshape foreign politics in Latin America

On the 18th November 2012 the International court of Justice in The Hague made a decision concerning a major demand: Nicaragua established a claim over 330.000 square miles of land and sea, space that was previously considered ...
by Joseph Alejandro Martínez Salinas
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