When the Iron Curtain fell in 1989, many said it was the end of history. Centuries of revolution after counterrevolution and endemic warfare had finally come to an end. Capitalism had triumphed over Communism. Daenerys and Cersei were gone, Jon Snow was sent to the Night’s Watch, and a new peaceful world order was established. […]
Tuesday 29th September saw the first debate of the 2020 election cycle and boy was it a spectacle. The debate can be described as nothing other than a disgrace. It is always worth remembering, though it should go without saying, that the American people are the real losers here. As expected, Trump came out the […]
Donald Trump has withdrawn from the second Presidential debate with Joe Biden, after the non-partisan Commission for Presidential Debates announced it would move to an online format for the ‘health and safety of all involved’ due to the President and others at the White House recently testing positive for Covid-19. The President was admitted to […]
President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden have clashed in a high-tempered first presidential TV debate, just 35 days before the US elections take place on November 3rd. The live 90-minute debate shocked audiences around the world, with the number of interruptions stilting the conversation and limiting potential for a free-flowing exchange of ideas. […]
In 2016, Hillary Clinton made history by becoming the first woman to be nominated as a presidential candidate for a major political party in the United States. Four years on, Kamala Harris has confirmed her spot in the history books as a trailblazer, becoming the first African American woman to be nominated onto a major […]
A right-wing group associated with pro-Trump organisations in the United States has launched a website asking students to report incidents of “left-wing bias” by lecturers, forming a public list of such incidents. The website was launched by Turning Point UK (TPUK), the British wing of the long established, pro-Trump Turning Point USA. The group claimed […]
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s acquittal, and the lead up to the 2020 US election, Molly McCracken and Jacob Robbins debate the impact of the Trump administration over the last three years. For – Jacob Robbins The President is no moral exemplar. Not a stretch to say, but it’s important to preface my argument […]
On Sunday 27 October, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, was confirmed dead following a US raid, the video of which was later widely shared. This has, understandably, led to much celebration within political circles (including the usual selfcongratulation from Trump), and, worryingly, some feting this as the true end of ISIS as a […]