A year ago, I couldn’t tell you what was going on in the world of politics, but I could tell you who was snogging/marrying/avoiding who on Eastenders. This year, I’ve been thrown into the stuff head first. I’m not sure of the exact point when I pricked up my ears and began taking a keen interest [...]
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2010- the year that mattered to students
Posted in Journal, Politics, Student issues, tagged 2010, British politics, national union of students, politics, student protests, students, tuition fees on December 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Please stop trivialising rape!
Posted in Feminism, Journal, tagged Assange, feminism, gender equality, patriarchy, politics, sexism, society, wikileaks on December 7, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was refused bail today. The amount of people who are willing to jump to Assange’s defence and dismiss the rape allegations as ‘smears’ is worrying. What’s even more worrying is the amount of people who are eagerly willing to redefine what actually constitutes as rape. Suddenly, everyone’s an expert. Forget intent or context, [...]
The English Defence League in Preston- a personal account
Posted in Journal, Politics, tagged British identity, British politics, English Defence League, politics, Preston on November 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
‘Apathy and evil. The two work hand in hand. They are the same, really…. Evil wills it. Apathy allows it. Evil hates the innocent and the defenceless most of all. Apathy doesn’t care as long as it’s not personally inconvenienced.’ – JAKE THOENE What do you do when an organisation of racists turn up on [...]
The future’s bleak, the future’s blue: the reality of higher education cuts
Posted in Politics, Student issues, tagged British politics, college, comprehensive spending review, CSU, degree, education cuts, education maintenance allowance, EMA, George Osbourne, higher education, inequality, politics, student loans, students, tuition fees, university, Vince Cable on November 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you’re studying a degree anchored in the arts, humanities or social sciences, prepare to rip up your text books- because according to the coalition government, your degree is worthless. As a result of the comprehensive spending review, English universities are facing a 40% cut in central government funding. Courses including but not limited to [...]
The thorny issue of positive discrimination
Posted in Politics, tagged affirmative action, black, British politics, conference, democracy, equality, Liberal Democrats, meritocracy, politics, positive discrimination, racism on September 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
At the recent Liberal Democrat conference, the thorny issue of positive discrimination reared its divisive head. The majority of party members voted against using positive discrimination when short listing MP candidates. The reasoning behind the decision was clear- positive discrimination is still discrimination, and discrimination is wrong. Unfortunately, the reality of the issue isn’t that [...]
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