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 […]


 
 
 

 

Northern Nigeria: Beyond Bombs, Bullets And Boko Haram

Four months after the Nigerian Government declared a state of emergency in three North Eastern states, international media coverage is zoning in on the atrocities committed by the militant terrorist group Boko Haram, compani...
by Jenny Fawson
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Colombia’s “citizen portfolio” program could infringe privacy rights (and more)

Under the “Live Digital” initiative, Colombian Minister of Information and Communication Technologies Diego Molano is pushing a policy program under which the government will bestow upon each citizen a “digital portfo...
by Lully Posada
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Battling The Autism Stigma This October

October is Autism Awareness Month. And I think it’s important that we take a few minutes to think about that. Being a child can be difficult. Not one of us can say we had an entirely easy childhood, free of bullying and p...
by Priyanka Mogul
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International Political Forum

Why The Press Needs Protection In Trinidad & Tobago

After the murder of Dana Seetahal earlier this month, one reporter, Mark Bassant, was doggedly pursuing the story. Now, the journalist attests that his life has been threatened because of his investigative reporting. The ...
by Global Voices
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International Political Forum

Will We Ever See an Atheist in the White House?

In God We Trust, the inescapable proclamation which notoriously takes pride of place on one of the most iconic and recognisable commodities on the planet; the American dollar bill. A 2012 Gallup Poll indicated that around 82% ...
by Oscar Isham
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International Political Forum

China’s Dog Meat Festival – Cruelty Or Culture?

In some parts of China, dog meat is considered a delicacy at the dinner table and the practice of consuming dog meat has been around since 500BC, or possibly even earlier. However, as more and more Chinese are raising dogs as...
by Global Voices
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