UK arms in Yemen conflict could be in breach of law
The UK Government is fuelling the conflict in Yemen and is potentially violating both domestic and international laws on the sales of arms, Oxfam has warned. ...
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A right to be heard: A young person’s struggle with mental health and jobseeking.
It's that time of the half decade again here in the UK, the time of the General Election where those of voting age are given the option to vote on who they want...
25 years in jail for criticising Thai royals on Facebook
A Thai military court found Theinsutham Suthijittaseranee, 58, guilty on five counts of posting messages deemed defamatory of Thailand’s royal family. The man w...
The student betrayal: Another nail in the Government’s vote for students?
In the headlines today came another government proposal from David Cameron and Nick Clegg’s respective parties. “End the £21,000 payment cut off for student loa...
The trouble with travel: a costly journey?
It is a problem that can affect so many people; the cost of travel. For some, it can be something as simple as filling up the car with much needed fuel, or work...
Tibet Dispatch 5: Volunteering abroad
While making my way through the busy McLeodGanj evening market in Dharamshala, India, I met a Kimberly Lee. She told me she was a student from Taiwan and this w...
The NHS: Dying for an appointment?
It is a story of which many are familiar with all across the United Kingdom. The NHS is creaking under the pressure. Just today, another headline shows how from...
The Curious Case Of The Backwards Generation: Educating Britain?
In the papers today leapt out a headline: Two in three bright pupils go backwards at secondary school: High-achievers find themselves repeating topics and endur...
A Note On An Utopian Revolution
Wealth does not consist of a great many possessions but of great heart. Money and fame are nothing but the blood of wasted feasts while the pure skies are fille...
Attack Of The Clones – Are Politicians All The Same?
Quite good that Sergio Aguero isn’t he? Thrilling to watch, scores buckets of goals and an all round world class player. Shame he’s one of those professional fo...
The Educated Generation: An Ongoing War?
The news reported this week that violent clashes took place as protestors arrived to march on Parliament to protest against the rising student fees in central L...
US surveillance reform bill fails
On Tuesday November 18, the US senate voted against a new bill that would have restricted some of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) controversial surveillanc...
“Bring back our girls”
It's been a quiet seven months since the disappearance of the Chibok school girls, kidnapped from a school in Nigeria by the Jihadist terrorist organization Bok...
Federal Judge Orders US Must Justify Burying Photos
A federal judge has ordered the Obama administration to disclose why they have withheld information on 2,100 graphic photos of military torture. The Obama admin...
David Cameron: A vow to underpay the vulnerable?
This past week has seen a number of questionable decisions and statements made by government officials. Welfare reform minister Lord Freud spoke of how disabled...
First person diagnosed with Ebola in US dies in Dallas
Hospital authorities have confirmed that Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, the first patient to be diagnosed of Ebola in the United States died on October 8, in isolation...
The Benefit Freeze Proposal: Freezing your voters out?
A few days ago came the latest announcement from the Conservatives party: a two year freeze on working age benefits in the country if they are voted in once mor...
The rise of Feminism
Feminism has had the wingardium leviosa spell cast upon it as Emma Watson gave a passionate speech on gender equality at the U.N headquarters in New York this w...
First RAF Bombs Dropped In Iraq
As of the 30th of September the UK has now officially started dropping bombs in Iraq. This news comes just a few days after the decision for the United Kingdom ...
MH370 mystery remains after six months
On March 8 Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departed Kuala Lumpur at 00:41 local time with 239 people on board, it was scheduled to land in Beijing at 06:30. The ...
House of Cards: A Political Drama Worth Watching
Netflix strikes yet again with one of the best political dramas and possibly one of the top on demand series to come out of the wood work so far! To run you...
A Heavy Dose of Nihilism
On the back of my Penguin Classics’ Fathers and Sons Turgenev’s hero is described as “one of the most remarkable figures in Russian Literature”. It continues “...
Several Times On Purpose: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and possibly more in the future.
For a country that operates under the moniker of a democracy, The United States’ government and other leaders certainly seem to allow certain acts to continue w...
Russia and Ukraine: What next?
For the past 8 or 9 months or so, Ukraine has been brought to its knees due to its citizen’s differences in political opinion. Many want more involvement with t...
Top Tips for a Top Trip
I love to travel. I mean who doesn’t really! You jump on a plane and in next to no time you can feel like you are in a completely different world or even in a c...
Smart drugs: the smart option for students?
As freshers’ week looms on the horizon; a rapidly approaching tanker loaded with promises of revelry and debt, students around the country are no doubt struggli...
When a Revolution isn’t a Revolution
Revolution as defined by the Oxford dictionary “A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favour of a new system.” The term has appeared througho...
An Essential Guide to Student Housing Benefit and Council Tax
Financially speaking, being a student isn't easy. It's true that students in the United Kingdom receive a maintenance loan in addition to a loan for their cours...
So what is actually going on in Russia, Ukraine and Crimea?
For everyone who is confused about how things have escalated so quickly between Russian and Ukraine, a reddit user named Nathan_Flomm has explained it pretty we...
Elysium: Review
Elysium is the latest feature outing for science-fiction director Neil Blomkamp, who was previously known for the hugely successful District 9. In light of that...