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 […]


 
 
 

 

Infographic: Is Social Media Making Us Socially Awkward?

We live in the digital age. Everything is done online or through our super tech savvy cell phones – remember when all cell phones did was make calls and send text messages? Those were the days. Now using your cell phone t...
by Priyanka Mogul
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Portugal’s Lost Generation

Portugal recently reached a staggering 15% unemployment. The very night this information became public, the Portuguese Minister for the Economy, Álvaro Santos Pereira, went on national television to justify how in one year exc...
by Miguel Costa Matos
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Femme International director Sabrina Rubli: Introducing menstrual cups in East Africa

Sabrina is a passionate advocate for women’s rights, and firmly believes that female empowerment is the key to a prosperous society. As a feminist, activist and humanitarian, she is thrilled to be bringing attention to th...
by Heenali Patel
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Daily News Roundup – 15 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered settles with New York regulator over Iran deals British bank Standard Chartered has agreed a $340m (£217m) settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services over its recent ac...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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International Political Forum

Afghanistan Law To Silence Victims Of Honour Killings, Domestic Violence And Forced Marriage

A new law in Afghanistan might allow the perpetrators of domestic violence, honour killings and forced marriages to commit these crimes without any consequences – simply because they are related to the victim. The controv...
by Priyanka Mogul
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International Political Forum

Countdown To The End Of Twitter In Russia

The deputy director of Russia’s chief censorship agency, Roscomnadzor, has threatened that the government could block Twitter or Facebook entirely, in a matter of minutes. Maxim Ksenzov told Izvestia newspaper that Twitter ...
by Kevin Rothrock
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