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 […]


 
 
 

 

Bill Cosby, Rape Allegations And The Role Of Social Media

Like a lot of people in my generation all over the world, the Cosby Show was a favourite fixture on my television. I grew up laughing, admiring and learning about healthy family values, fashion and how to try and get away with ...
by Elizabeth Maina
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Is Accepting Ethnic Groups More Than Just Tolerating Their Differences?

27 year-old Nixiwaka, originally from the Yawanawá (translated to “People of the Wild Boar) tribe in Brazil’s Amazon, now lives in London where he works hand-in-hand with Survival International; their collaborated...
by Helen Hawgood
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COP20: Typhoon hagupit hits the Philippines

Waves consumed villages, winds warped cities, entire communities were left powerless and destitute. A year on from Typhoon Haiyan, UN delegates present in Lima, Peru for the latest round of negotiations can still vividly recall...
by Andrés Fuentes
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: Saudi Arabia in hot water over gender

Saudi Arabia stood in triumphant dishonour this evening, in recognition for their efforts to sneak prejudice into the negotiating text. The infamous daily Fossil award was granted to Saudi Arabia for their attack on gender-resp...
by Sarah Brady
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COP20: Day 5 – Storm on the water

As Friday’s sun rose over the vast Pacific ocean to light up the Western shores of Lima, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) put the state of the ongoing international climate negotiations in a new...
by Evan Weber
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COP20: Australia wins third fossil

Australia is cementing its place at the top of the leader board for being terrible at these UN climate change negotiations in Lima having taken out the Fossil of the Day for the third time this week. Australia won the dishonour...
by Sydney Pead
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