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 – 16 AUGUST 2012

Europe UK ‘threaten’ to storm Ecuadorian Embassy The Ecuadorian consul has accused the UK of ‘threatening’ to storm its UK embassy in a bid to arrest Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange. The UK Foreign Office has said t...
by Tom Dunbar
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WATCH: Enough Food For Everyone – IF the G8 were kids

Sometimes it takes a child speaking the truth to point out the ludicrous faults of the adult world. This video, part of the ‘IF‘ campaign, lets them take on the role of the most powerful leaders and shows what hap...
by Natasha Lipman
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Daily News Roundup – 5 November 2012

  Asia Pakistani parents kill daughter with acid for looking at a boy A couple were been arrested in Pakistani-administered Kashmir last week, on suspicion of killing their 15-year old daughter with acid.  They have said they...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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What Looms on the Horizon for Egyptian Women?

Ever since the Muslim Brotherhood- al-ikhwan al-muslimun, came to power in June 2012, it seems as though they are shaping a government that looks less and less like a liberal democracy. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood has al...
by Ola Abou-Khsaiwan
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International Political Forum

Nairobi Mall Attack Inspires Two Online Tools for Emergencies

On September 21, 2013, a group of suspected al-Shabab militants stormed Westgate mall in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, killing at least 61 people, six security personnel and injuring hundreds of innocent men, women and ...
by Ndesanjo Macha
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On Gandhi’s Path, There Are No Failures – The AAP Must Carry On Its Fight Against Corruption In India

The tide may be against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), but they are in a position to turn things around in their own favor more than any other political party in India given their Gandhian ways  Mahatma Gandhi’s technique of...
by Chirag Sutar
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