Earlier this month, the Prime Minister announced proposals for a dramatic “overhaul” of Britain’s penal system, starting with six “reform prisons”, in what he deemed the “biggest shake-up of prisons since the Victorian era”. Many of us will no doubt be greatly skeptical of any speech which claims “Michael Gove is just the man for…
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Students risk disappearing from voter register
Students across Britain have been warned about the importance of re-registering to vote before the electoral roll is amended on 1st December. The Labour party estimates that this will cause around one million more potential voters to be disenfranchised. In the past, an elected head of household could register to vote on behalf of all…
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Are British schoolchildren the “most excessively tested in Europe”?
Earlier this month, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, our very own Dolores Umbridge, announced that seven-year-olds should be rigorously tested to ensure they are mastering the basics before leaving primary school. The proposal has caused much controversy, with critics claiming this would only increase the pressure on already over-worked teachers and pupils. Kevin Courtney, the deputy…
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The Assisted Dying Bill does not devalue life, but accepts our own mortality
On Friday 11th September, the Assisted Dying Bill, proposed by MP Rob Marris, was rejected after being debated in the Commons. This new legislation would have allowed terminally ill patients who had been diagnosed with less than six months to live to administer themselves with a lethal injection. Despite being favoured by 82% of the…