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 […]


 
 
 

 

Daily News Roundup – 22 August 2012

  Europe Greek PM: we need more time to make cuts Greece’s Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, has called for more time to implement stringent spending cuts ahead of further talks on its latest bailout.  Speaking to German...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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To go to war or not to go to war?

With the increase in tension between Iran and Israel, it seems as though the idea of war is looming over our heads. There is no doubt that this could be World War III in the making, with disastrous outcomes. In a region already...
by Hasan Rizvi
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WATCH: The Future Of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Five Broken Cameras, a documentary nominated for the 2013 Oscars, has been acclaimed as the most successful video of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Perhaps equally as significant however was the footage of the documentary bei...
by Jessica Trevis
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Daily News Roundup – 11 October 2012

Middle East Russia attempt to export ‘defence equipment’ to Syria A plane carrying Russian-made ‘defence equipment’ bound for Syrian Defence Ministry has been intercepted in Turkish airspace. The Turkish Prime Minister,...
by Tom Dunbar
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The Developing Crime Network of Social Media

Social media and the internet is undoubtedly a huge part of everyday life in the 21st century. Anyone who shuts themselves away from these incredible technologies of the modern world are already experiencing the drawbacks and d...
by Priyanka Mogul
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International Political Forum

Lebanese Presidential Elections And Non-Lebanese Selections

As election season heats up in the Lebanese capital, the man to fill Lebanon’s Presidential throne is still very much up in the air. No time like the present, less than fifty days from the May 25 deadline, illustrates just ho...
by Tarek Shehab
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