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 […]


 
 
 

 

WATCH: Ingenuity, Film and Social Media Combine to Save Lives from Landmines

Massoud Hassani grew up on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, near a desert filled with unexploded mines left by foreign armies. As a child he would build cheap wind-powered toys and race them across the desert with his frien...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Radical or Conservative: Pope Francis and the future of the Catholic Church

On the rare occasion of a newly-anointed Pope, it seems appropriate to take a look at where the Catholic Church is today, and what steps Pope Francis could take to make it a more effective force for good in the world. What are ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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The India-Pakistan Conflict: Thinking Beyond the Violence

India is a growing global force with a rapidly developing economy and fantastic stores of human capital. But there are incidents occurring with Pakistan which could have come straight out of a banana republic Four Indian soldie...
by Nishant
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Raising Awareness Through Water and Ink [Video]

Drinking a healthy amount of clean water is essential to our survival. We need clean water to function and be productive additions to society. But how many of us actually have access to clean drinking water? Currently, it is...
by Urban Times
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Hamas and Morsi: Oh Brother Where Art Thou?

In the mind of a number of pundits, including a large number of Egyptians, the election of President Morsi as a representative of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) should have initiated a drastic change in Egyptian foreign policy tow...
by Maged Mandour
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The Press Needs to be Free(ish)

The Leveson Inquiry, set up as a result of the indiscretions of News International, has led to an increase in public doubt in journalistic integrity. According to a poll published by YouGov for the Media Standards Trust in 201...
by Urban Times
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