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 – 21 August 2012

  Latin America Belize at risk of debt default Belize is in danger of defaulting on its national debt after it missed a $23m bond payment, which was due on Monday.  The government has the rest of a 30-day grace period to ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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WATCH: Coal mining – a profession for the poor

Every day people climb dangerously deep into the ground to support themselves as coal miners. The film Coal Boy tells the story of a boy in the Jaintia Hills in northeast India who was born into this fate. Most people can never...
by Boel Marcks von Würtemberg
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International Political Forum

WATCH: ‘It’s The Eye Of The Society’ – Film Making In Kibera Slum

Here is a short film that I made about the work of Hot Sun Foundation, an organization based in Kibera Nairobi, the largest slum in Africa. Hot Sun Foundation draws on the imagination, creativity and passion of young people fro...
by Flo Carson
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Fukushima and the health impact of Japan’s nuclear policy

More than three years have passed since Japan’s now-infamous nuclear power plant Fukushima Dai-ichi experienced a meltdown following an earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011.
by Abbie Saunders
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International Political Forum

Erdogan And The Armenian Genocide: The Dangers Of Distorting History

In late April, the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, offered his condolences to Armenian families over an event that occurred nearly a century ago. Erdogan’s statements held particular significance given they...
by John Haltiwanger
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A Crack In The Wall: North Korea’s Educational Paradox

In North Korea, children do not grow up playing tag. Instead, a favourite playground game is pointing toy guns at the heads of American soldiers in military games at school. The posters issued by the party propaganda machine li...
by Jenny Morton
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