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 […]


 
 
 

 

The reality of the North Korea problem

North Korea is an Orwellian nightmare, straight out of the Cold War: a dictatorship with the world’s largest active army per capita and the fourth largest active overall, a nuclear arsenal, more than one million people suffer...
by Apratim Vidyarthi
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Kenyan Elections: Perspectives from an Inadvertently Unregistered Voter

March 4th will be an historic day for Kenya. We will be electing the president under a new constitutional dispensation. In addition to the president’s post, Kenyans will be selecting the candidates that they want to fill five...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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Tear Gas And Rubber Bullets Fired On Pakistani Protestors

Imran Khan was once famous for his sports career as a cricketer, however many are now familiar with his work as a Pakistani Politician. Belonging to the party ‘Tehreek-e-Insaf’ which translates to ‘movement f...
by Nuzhat Fatima
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 3 SEPTEMBER 2012

Europe International uproar as Azeri Murderer released The Azeri, Ramil Safarov, has been released after being deported to Azerbaijan from Hungary, where he killed an Armenian in 2004. Local media reports say Safarov was welcom...
by Tom Dunbar
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International Political Forum

Petri-Dish Patty: A Worrying or Brave Step in Future Meat Production?

Overpopulation has been a big problem for food production for a long time, and with a current world population of 7.2 billion, which is predicted to rise to 9.6 million by 2050, it seems that Armageddon could be caused by the ...
by Ozlem Unat
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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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