Screening Solidarity
PolSoc Paper’s first film review! A review of Pride (Warchus, 2014). Continue reading Screening Solidarity
Category: UK
A Study in Satire
A study in satire. Is is all just jokes and laughs, or is satire a window into the farcical state of politics? Continue reading A Study in Satire
What a State: The Sexism Epidemic in Number 10
The COVID-19 Inquiry is well underway and confirming many things already known to us, such as Number 10’s infamous lockdown parties and the UK government’s lack of preparation. However, the inquiry has recently exposed something deeply rotten; the innate misogyny … Continue reading What a State: The Sexism Epidemic in Number 10
Starmer’s Strategy: Sensible or Sterile?
The countdown clock to the predicted 2024 autumn general election is ticking down to its final hours. Party conferences are now finished and it is expected that party leaders have delivered their final speeches to their supporters. Whilst Priti Patel’s … Continue reading Starmer’s Strategy: Sensible or Sterile?
This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 1 May
Tuesday 2nd May Oral Questions – Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office MPs will question ministers from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office about a variety of issues. This will be the first opportunity for MPs to scrutinise FCDO ministers at … Continue reading This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 1 May
This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 24 April
This will be a weekly feature where contributor Max Booth outlines the week ahead in parliament. Monday 24th April Non-Domestic Rating Bill – Second Reading This bill proposes: • Business rates valuations made more frequent, from 3 years to 5 … Continue reading This Week in Parliament: Week Commencing 24 April
Partygate: “Clocks go forward, Boris goes backwards”
Boris Johnson’s premiership started off on a promising note thanks to a huge electoral victory in 2019; now his reputation is at a new low having been forced to resign by a party he once led and now grilled in front of a parliamentary privileges committee Continue reading Partygate: “Clocks go forward, Boris goes backwards”
This week in British Politics #4: A Guide Through the Headlines (Monday 20 Feb to Friday 24 Feb)
This week seems to have thrown up similar topics of conversation to last; the SNP’s leadership, and Keir Starmer, among other things. The Labour leader, after ruling out Corbyn’s return to the Parliamentary Labour Party last week, is forging on … Continue reading This week in British Politics #4: A Guide Through the Headlines (Monday 20 Feb to Friday 24 Feb)
Far-right ideas are influencing our young people: the education and diversity of experience that university brings can help combat this
You may have seen the protest that occurred in Rotherham last Saturday, outside of a Holiday Inn. There were two protests in fact. One was an anti-immigration protest, which sparked the event, and the second was a counter-protest. I am … Continue reading Far-right ideas are influencing our young people: the education and diversity of experience that university brings can help combat this
This week in British Politics #3: A guide through the headlines (Monday 13 Feb to Friday 17 Feb)
Two big events that will have significant ramifications have taken place this week, both concerning party leaders from the 2019 general election. Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Jeremy Corbyn, who led the Labour Party in the 2019 election, will … Continue reading This week in British Politics #3: A guide through the headlines (Monday 13 Feb to Friday 17 Feb)
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