If you do this, you infuriate not only me, but a large proportion of the student population here. Seat savers. Why do you guys do this? We have all been there. Trying our best to find a seat in the afternoon. Going up and down the flights of stairs, in order to find a seat. […]
I will be the first to admit that, in the past, I have made passing comments claiming that “I hate children” and less polite iterations of the same sentiment. I get it. You’re on a plane and the baby two rows behind you won’t stop screaming. You’re walking down the street and a slow-walking toddler […]
Nicola Sturgeon is one of the most effective communicators of modern political discourse. Seen ever so clearly during the pandemic when her clear and concise Covid briefings contrasted markedly from the bumbling Johnson in Number 10. By using her ability to dissimilate herself from a tumultuous Downing Street, Sturgeon was rewarded in the polls, with […]
I want to shop secondhand. An easy sentence to say (or maybe more accurately: type). It always garners some encouragement from friends, some virtue in the eyes of others. It’s a quick crowd pleaser, and a throw away comment I make a lot. But really, it’s a slow, enthusiasm draining reality. Don’t get me wrong, […]
The Gary Lineker row of the weekend has seemingly cooled down. The Match of the Day pundit has been reinstated after his tweet criticising the government’s – potentially illegal- policy on immigration. The BBC has taken shelter behind the promise of an inquiry into what rules for social media usage will look like for their […]
Described by the naturalist Chris Packham as an “enormous act of ecological vandalism,” HS2 is £50 billion over budget and already delayed (Phase 1 was due to be completed in 2006 and may not open until 2033, while Phase 2 has been pushed back from 2033 to 2037) which doesn’t bode well for what will […]
I want to be clear: this country needs the NHS. But over the last two days, I’ve felt the tight grip of the red tape of the NHS bureaucracy. I’ve been running around in circles to book one vaccine. My GP told me to check their website; their website was down. I eventually found the […]
President Biden, the US’s first supposed ‘climate president’, promised “no more drilling on federal lands, period” during his presidential campaign and his administration set a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. However, on March 13 the Biden administration undermined this climate agenda by approving the $8 billion ConocoPhillips Willow Project in Alaska, the […]