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

India’s Story: Let’s Talk Petrol, Onions and Dollars

If you are spending time to read my attempt at textual sanity after reading the headline, it is quite likely that India interests you. You must either be an Indian or someone who keenly follows what India is up to. Well, in th...
by Nishant
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WATCH: Rape – It’s Time To Stop Blaming The Victim

As rape cases continue to rise in India, and the number of comments blaming the victims for these rapes rises even faster, one has to wonder what it’s going to take for even the country’s top politicians and governm...
by Priyanka Mogul
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“Pedophile’s Guide” Lands Russian Blogging Platform on Blacklist

The Russian Internet blacklist has claimed another visible website: the blog-hosting portal lj.rossia.org. Federal communications monitors from Roskomnadzor filed two separate decisions [ru] against lj.rossia on January 28, ...
by Global Voices
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International Political Forum

Is Sex An Effective Tool For Empowerment?

Sexuality has occasionally been employed by women as a campaigning tool for gender equality. This has been manifested numerous times in campaigns such as SlutWalk, which aims to fight against the notion that women ought to be ...
by Josie Poulter
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A Reflection on Blasphemy Laws

The idea of blasphemy, expression that is deemed to insult religion, has shot across the news with the recent release online of the rather amateur film ‘The Innocence of Muslims’. The anti-Islamic film insults the Prophet M...
by Rosanna Rafel
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 24 AUGUST 2012

Europe Anders Brevik considered sane and sentenced A unanimous decision by five judges has declared Anders Breivik sane after his attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wound...
by Tom Dunbar
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