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 […]


 
 
 

 

Georgian LGBT organisation requests ‘hate crime’ label for brutal murder

In a statement released today on their website, Georgian LGBT rights group Identoba have called on the authorities to investigate the alleged murder of a transgender woman as a hate crime. Police discovered the body of 25 ye...
by Joseph Smith
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The Calcium Myth: bone density studies revealed

In recent years, the question of calcium has become more and more contentious. The mammoth studies in nutritional science and Western governmental guidelines continue to maintain that the calcium found in dairy products will su...
by Abbie Saunders
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International Political Forum

Infographic: Dense for a Reason? Urban Density and Ecological Sustainability

Tim de Chant, founder of Per Square Mile, made an infographic illustrating the densities of some of the world’s major cities. It shows the amount of land those cities would occupy if they had to accommodate the world’s popu...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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A Fistful of Bloggers: Russian MP Pressured to Resign

It’s not often that Russian anti-corruption activists can boast about their results. This week is one of those times. On February 12, 2013, head of RossPil and Coordinating Council of the Opposition member, Alexey Navalny...
by Global Voices
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Without a home, without a solution: Short-term fixes won’t solve the world’s refugee crises

Recently, a destabilising and disturbing trend has been proliferating throughout all corners of the globe. This year has seen record numbers of refugees fleeing economic hardship, political prosecution, and vicious attacks in c...
by Jamal Russell Black
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Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr Day

In the United States, racial tensions in 2014 threatened to boil over into widespread unrest and riots. This conflict was the consequence of perceived injustice and inequalities between predominantly white police forces and min...
by Jamal Russell Black
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