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 […]


 
 
 

 

Why The Russian, Nigerian And British Governments Are Acting Like Big Bullies

One story that has emerged in the “weird news” sections of many online news outlets over the past few days is the news that a Nigerian woman disowned her cat for displaying ‘homosexual tendencies’. The woman from Lafi...
by Michael Osiyale
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Too Big to Succeed? A Critical Look at the Financing of Dams in Africa

“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure, but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor.” Those are the opening remarks of a report recently released by International Rivers entitled, Infrastru...
by Ruth Nyambura
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Caitlyn Jenner: The figurehead the Trans community deserves?

The dust has finally began to settle on Caitlyn Jenner’s transition to womanhood. Through the snippets of carefully choreographed dialogue, we have finally started to see Jenner’s role in shining light on transgende...
by Vincent Gillan
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On Rape, Short Skirts & Patriarchy: Are Women Wearing Short Skirts ‘Asking For It’?

What do miniskirts, booty shorts and low rise jeans have in common with rape? With the uproar that arose in India and the region, following the Delhi Gang Rape, which drew the kind of attention that issues of rape and sexual vi...
by Senel Wanniarachchi
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USA Aren’t The Only Ones Responding to al-Qaeda in Yemen

A drone attack in Yemen has left four al-Qaeda suspects dead, amid increased fears of a terrorist attack in the Middle East. It follows  a global travel warning from the US on 2 August, and a closure of 20 embassies and co...
by Joe Strong
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Daily News Roundup – 17 January 2013

Africa Algeria kidnapping: hostages escape It has been estimated that 30-40 Algerians and 15-25 hostages have escaped from a stand off in Algeria. Foreign workers were being held by Islamist militants in Algeria and were surrou...
by Tom Dunbar
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