23rd November 2023
A look into the hostile environment that has been created towards refugees and asylum seekers in the UK and the role of NGOs in combatting it Painting over Mickey Mouse murals might seem like the most minute of government actions to get fussy about. But immigration minister Robert Jenrick’s instructions to get rid of the ...
12th October 2023
With the current voting age having partisan motivations, it is time for Westminster to follow in Holyrood’s footsteps and allow under 16s to vote For young people in Scotland, 16 is an important age – you become eligible to vote. The referendum on Scottish independence in 2014 acted as a successful trial for allowing 16 ...
21st November 2022
Eve explores the notion that the increase of the influence of social media over politics has trivialised important conversations and disillusioned young people. As Rory Stewart mentions in The Rest is Politics, we have a political landscape which favours those who “can keep up pace” with social media, something that ensures politicians’ electability but leaves ...
30th October 2020
Eleanor Harper explores how the Conservative government’s inhumane disregard for the working class has increased the gulf between Holyrood and Westminster. On 21 October 2020, during a global pandemic and in the midst of the most drastic period of socioeconomic unrest since the 2008 financial crisis, 322 MPs in the House of Commons – 321 ...
