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 […]


 
 
 

 
International Political Forum

Brazil Violently Ousts Indigenous Village Ahead of World Cup

Brazilian riot police violently evicted a group of indigenous people from a former museum they had occupied in Rio de Janeiro to make way for 2014 World Cup construction. Baton-wielding police agents stormed the one-time Museum...
by Global Voices
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari: Entitled or Enlightened?

Last week in Pakistan, the son of the country’s current president, Asif Ali Zardari, and the former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto – who was assassinated for her political beliefs – made his first political speech to hi...
by Urban Times
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Syria – A Nemesis of World Powers?

On the streets of Dimashq, Aleppo, Idlib, Homs, Deraa…Syrians welcome people with an outstretched hand while saying Marhaba (“Hello”). However, the once happy faces of the Syrian milieu are haunted by the thought of t...
by Samson Faboye
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International Political Forum

‘Take Up the Word’: Santomean Scholar Calls For Push Back On Racial Stereotyping By The Media

In our everyday lives we are often exposed to stereotypical images of all kinds and, a lot of times, we do not even realize it.  We have grown used to seeing women as a “sexual object”, the black person as the “criminal...
by Global Voices
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Daily News Roundup – 29 November 2012

Europe Germany takes steps to criminalise bestiality   Germany’s parliament is considering making bestiality illegal, over forty years since it was made legal. The bill aims to qualify current legislation which makes it ille...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 14 December 2012

Europe The Labour Party set out plans for new approach to social cohesion Ed Miliband, the leader of the UK’s opposition, has set out plans to increase integration in UK society, stating assimilation and ignorance are “wron...
by Tom Dunbar
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