Will student protests work?

The news for the last week has been dominated by the protests of students across the UK and in particular London, where violent scenes have broke out making the headlines. Students are protesting against the  Coalition Governments plans to allow Universities to almost triple fees  in the future. This situation is particularly exasperated by the [...]

School Holidays – A summer of Hell?

ITS that time of year again, and the children of the country embark on their annual six or seven week summer holiday’s. A time that can only be described as stressful for all, with parents and children alike tearing their hair out with frustration. Oh it might seem very appealing a week before the end [...]

Think Bike! Think Car!

Anyone who has done any motorway driving in the last month will have seen the signs that say ‘Think Bike!’ put in place to lower the casualties to motorcyclist’s. Just the advertising campaign alone is strange, a driver sees the sign and spends so long thinking about the message and working out what ‘Think Bike!’ means [...]

Should We Pull British Troops Out Of Afghanistan? – Tough Question

By Nathan Rowden The debate has been raised again about whether or not Britain should withdraw it’s troops from the Afghanistan after the death of five soldiers. It certainly is a tough question to answer and difficult for many to know which side of the fence they sit on. Yesterday’s debate with Nicky Campbell on [...]

Home Secretary Faces Exodus After Nutt Sacking

Home Secretary Alan Johnson faces a mass exodus of staff from the governments drug advisory body after the sacking of  Professor David Nutt. Talking to The Guardian, another member of the body has claimed that the experts were “planning collective action”. A mass resignation from the board would be a disaster for the government, and [...]

The U.S Begins To Pull Through The Recession – What About The UK?

America has today announced that it has began to climb out of the recession, leaving the UK as the only leading economic power to still be suffering the effects. Gordon Brown will be blushing tonight in the knowledge that the country he was chancellor and Prime Minister of is still in the recession behind many [...]

Were the BBC right to let Nick Griffin on Question Time?

By Nathan Rowden In hindsight of watching Question Time last night it has to be said that it seems that the BBC got it spot on letting Nick Griffin appear. Throughout most of the episode, Griffin and the BNP came under a barrage of insults from public and fellow panelists. Many of the questions Mr.Griffin [...]

Conservatives Begin To Advertise On Spotify

By Nathan Rowden In what can only be described as an extremely clever move by the Conservative Party, Spotify will now include political adverts from the Tories. The young and first time voters who on the majority use Spotify will subconsciously listen to the advertising of the Conservative party whilst their music is playing. Eric [...]

Sarkozy Losing The Plot?

French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to be slowly losing the plot in the public eye as his 23-year-old son, who indeed is still an undergraduate is climbing massively within the ranks of his father’s party. Jean Sarkozy, has extremely quickly managed to climb the ladder of his father’s party and as a student has become [...]

Noble Peace Prize, is Obama Worthy?

Oslo Yesterday announced that American President Barack Obama was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2009. The announcement has sparked large scale debates between those who agree  with Obama’s claiming of the Nobel Peace Prize Prize and those who do not. The Norweigen Noble Commitee said that the award was given for “extrodinary efforts [...]