Sturgeon – why the time has come.
It’s 2014. The Glasgow Commonwealth Games have just finished. The independence movement is reeling from its narrow defeat in the referendum, yet support for the Scottish National Party has never…
Russia’s Forced Referendums: An Illusion of Democracy
In the UK, referendums are a pillar of our representative democracy. However, in occupied areas of Ukraine, ‘referendums’ are a dangerous ploy from Russia to not only validate their annexation…
Toto, we’re not in Sussex anymore
I’m an English student. A statement I tend to follow with “sorry” or “yep, another soft Southerner” in a bid to try and make native students know that I get…
Our constitution is not set in stone: the SNP will get their referendum
Boris Johnson has formally refused First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon’s request for a second referendum on Scottish Independence to be held this year. The response is no surprise, but it does…
New Zealand and the question of euthanasia
After a two-year long debate in Parliament, New Zealand is pushing toward legalizing euthanasia and has agreed to put it to a national vote. Although there are other countries where…
The only way forward is a second referendum
At the time of writing the UK’s impending withdrawal from the EU looks as though it is to be delayed for a third time with the Prime Minister having written…
Is ‘Catalexit’ paving the way for other independence movements?
In the midst of the vibrancy of the Plaça de la Serradora in Barcelona, uniformed men sway in formation, spurred on by dogmas of strength, balance, courage and pragmatism, or…
The referendum was an unfair ambush on students. Vote no.
When you send emails laying out why the referendum breaches EUSA’s regulations to the ‘neutral’ returning officer and receive a reply from the student President (the leader of the ‘Yes’…
