On the 15th of March the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the spring budget for the upcoming financial year. Although there were some surprisingly generous elements, overall Hunt’s new budget can be understood as a depressingly moderate continuation of residualist Conservative policy, that uses certain proposals as a cover for a distinctive lack […]
I’ve been watching the recent SNP elections like a bemused child might watch a house burn down. Am I proud of this? No. I understand I should be taking this very serious matter very seriously. But the whole first minister/SNP leader election reminds me of a story my (vicar) dad tells, of a eco-funeral where […]
Ah, the Main Library! Everyone’s favourite study space, productivity haven, procrastination station or social hangout. Words can’t describe my conflicting feelings over this hallowed ground, but I can try. Our humble library can be characterised as a prison, with its cold concrete and fellow students like myself working there until their sentence (assignment) is complete. […]
It is evident throughout history and now due to the prevalence of social media, that the pain and hardships women have to experience are rarely validated. I have seen countless videos in which women discuss being dismissed by medical professionals and heard multiple stories from both friends and family about their pain being ignored or […]
If you weren’t aware, ‘Led By Donkey’s’ posted a video on Twitter where an investigative journalist and others created a fake company called Hanseong Consulting headquartered in Seoul. This was to uncover what goes on behind closed doors with British politicians getting second jobs and how much they are asking for. This investigation was also […]
Following the 2022 U.S. Midterm elections, I was ready to write Donald Trump off from making a political comeback. Trump’s handpicked candidates lost Senate and Governor races that should have been easy pickups for Republicans during the election cycle. To add insult to injury, it was around this time that President Joe Biden had a […]
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 […]