Norwich South’s MP Clive Lewis paid a visit to campus for an evening of discussion on ‘Environmentalism and the Left’ on March 3 in a joint event hosted by UEALabour and UEAGreens. Lewis initiated his talk by explaining how “almost all elements of all parties now consider this [the climate crisis] a serious issue that…
The resignation of Cressida Dick on 10 February 2022 has ignited polarised reactions from both her critics and supporters. But was her resignation an apt decision to protect her legacy and diminish any further personal resentment, or was it due to a disintegrating relationship with the Mayor of London? There is no doubt Dick held…
Three asylum seekers have brought a case to the high court, claiming the Home Office operated a policy in which they seized mobile phones from all small-boat arrivals. In the judicial review, the asylum seekers explained the Home Secretary had an unpublished, blanket policy under which phones would be unlawfully taken and their owners forced…
This is the first time a government has been the subject of a police investigation since the cash for honours scandal in 2006. Keir Starmer has branded Boris Johnson “unfit for office” as a result of the alleged parties that happened at Downing Street throughout the pandemic. In regards to these parties, Commissioner Dame Cressida…
Last Wednesday, 24 November, Magdalena Andersson was announced as Sweden’s first female Prime Minister, only to resign hours later. Following a last-minute deal with the opposition Left party, the Social Democrat leader and finance minister briefly secured Sweden’s ultimate political job title. Though Andersson lacked a parliamentary majority, in fact facing 174 votes against compared…
Some of us would rather steer completely clear of it. Others may keep a distant eye on the headlines which matter to us personally. For me, politics has been my dominant interest for the past decade now. I repeatedly find myself asking exactly why. Why, when for so much of the time this field is…
On Tuesday 23 November, the UK’s youngest serving Member of Parliament, Labour’s Nadia Whittome, presented the Climate Education Bill to the House of Commons for its first reading. The bill was composed along with the help and inspiration of the Teach the Future campaign – a school based, student-led group calling for climate change education…
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has agreed to repeal laws to do with agriculture after the controversial new regulations have been protested against for more than a year. The three laws passed last year caused a great deal of uproar, mostly from farmers or those involved in the agricultural lifestyle. These laws meant…
It no longer comes as a surprise to me that the government’s priorities do not lie with young people of the UK, especially not with university graduates. But the government’s plan of a national insurance rise to fund social care takes this thinking to a new low. MPs have voted to raise employees’ National Insurance…
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