I’ve interviewed around a dozen people now, from some of the UK’s biggest West End stars, to playwrights and politicians. But this was the first sitting Minister or Shadow Minister I had ever spoken to, and to up the ante, the first in-person interview I had ever done. Sophie Layton interviews Shadow Culture Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Stuart Andrew MP. Continue reading Face to Face: Interviewing a Shadow Secretary
The rapid coming and going of the Students’ Union Officer Role Referendum took the majority of the student body by storm. Evidently a complete car crash for both the SU Officers and SU management, the referendum, and the way it was handled confirmed something feared by many – ‘democracy’ in the Students’ Union is failing. Continue reading Does the Recent Referendum Signal the Death of SU Democracy?
The Parliamentary debate on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill was an agonising matter that divided the nation. Yet, the five-hour debate was Parliament at its very finest, so should this be the future of Parliamentary democracy? Continue reading The Assisted Dying Vote was Monumental: Is This a Model Democracy?
On Tuesday MPs voted to back a bill that would see proportional representation replace first-past-the-post as the UK’s main electoral system. How has this riled the PM? Continue reading MPs Vote to Back PR…Starmer Won’t Make That Mistake Again
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