As the investigation into the Capitol riots begins, former president Donald Trump has been forced to defend telling a senior Justice Department official to “just say that the election was corrupt [and] leave the rest to me,” claiming he was not attempting to subvert democracy. The conversation was recorded in the memos of Richard Donoghue,…
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Bernie Sanders formally suspends presidential campaign
With less than 7 months before the US election, and 4 months before the DNC selects their candidate, the Vermont Senator, Bernie Sanders has formally suspended his campaign on Wednesday 9 April. Despite being an early front-runner, the Sanders campaign began to lose momentum on 3 March – also labelled ‘Super Tuesday’. Since then, however,…
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Donald Trump: the mouthpiece of the disenfranchised
What shivers of terror, peals of hilarity, waves of awe and fascination are summoned upon hearing the words Donald J. Trump. He is a behemoth of the media, a brash jingoistic pumpkin resplendent in shiny suits and an eternal inhabitant of leading headlines – the fact remains, there is no avoiding this eccentric bigot. In…
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Madam President: Hillary Clinton
Finally, it’s nearly over. After months of campaigning, personal attacks and scandals, the vote is here. Yet for many people there remains the big question: is this seriously the best you can do, America? In many ways, this disbelief is well founded. But my aim here isn’t to point out the ineptitude of Donald Trump….
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Three’s a crowd: the struggles of third party candidates
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. President, has not had a good few months. He looks set to dip below 5% (the level needed to receive state funding); his running mate has focused his energy on defeating Donald Trump instead of electing Johnson; and two weeks ago a video of Johnson went viral…
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The Divided States of America
The American election has the power to divide not only a nation, but the rest of the world. A divisive campaign on both sides, arguments have varied from military policy to the correct use of emails. On one hand, you have Donald Trump’s supporters, who do not trust the idea of a United States as…
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Political Music approaching the US Election
It is safe to say that no one is really looking forward to the morning of November 9th. As such, it seems only fitting to explore all the angry political music to get into to cushion the blow of the fact that no matter what the result of the US election is, we have to…
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Obama’s chance for radicalism
Tim Rose explains why Obama’s head start will give him the opportunity to be truly radical.
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Why Romney fell at the last hurdle
Livvy Brown looks into why the Republican party and their leader Mitt Romney fell at the last hurdle.
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