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Raab Hints British Boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

Raab Hints British Boycott of 2022 Beijing Olympics

By Charlotte Paule, Msc Politics of Asia During the socially-distanced Foreign Affairs Select Committee on 5 October, Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP was the witness. When asked by Conservative MP Alicia Kearns about whether or not Britain should reconsider attending the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, Foreign Secretary Rabb

Neil Kinnock: Labour’s Reformist Leader Ponders the Road Back to Power

Neil Kinnock: Labour’s Reformist Leader Ponders the Road Back to Power

By Joe Greaney – MA Music in Development On a cold February morning, Neil Kinnock sits in the living room of his North London home with his wife, Glenys. Two months previously, the 2019 General Election saw the Labour Party’s number of MPs reduced to just 203, its lowest total

One of Dominic Cummings’ ‘weirdo’s and misfits’ forced to resign amid Eugenics scandal

One of Dominic Cummings’ ‘weirdo’s and misfits’ forced to resign amid Eugenics scandal

By Karen Smith, BA Development Studies Last week one of Dominic Cummings’ new employees, Andrew Sabinsky, hired as part of his effort to bring in more ‘weirdos and misfits’ to restructure the Tory government, was forced to resign after his racist, misogynistic, and borderline sadistic remarks hit the headlines. The

Home Office’s Deportation Programme Continues

Home Office’s Deportation Programme Continues

By Adela Begum, BA Politics and International Relations On 11 February 2020, 17 individuals were forcibly deported by the Home Office to Jamaica. Most have lived in the UK since childhood. The flight, originally planned to carry aboard 50 deportees, was reduced in passengers as a result of a court

The Commons Reject Labour Amendment to Ensure the Reunion of Child Refugees

The Commons Reject Labour Amendment to Ensure the Reunion of Child Refugees

By Ryan David Prosser, BA Chinese (Modern and classical) The commitment to reunite child refugees with family members living in the UK after Brexit has been dropped from the EU withdrawal bill, after MPs voted against it with 348 votes to 252. The proposals to guarantee the settlement of an

The Quest to Decolonise the UK National Curriculum

The Quest to Decolonise the UK National Curriculum

By Fisayo Eniolorunda, BA Politics & African Studies I remember getting up at 7 A.M. as a teenager doing my GCSE’s, which at the time felt like the most tiresome quest of all. A sequence that often began with me groaning at the piercing sound of my alarm

A royal step back: Harry and Meghan announce departure from senior positions

A royal step back: Harry and Meghan announce departure from senior positions

By Adela Begum, BA Politics and International Relations Never the family to be concealed from media attention, another royal shock recently hit the news. It was not long ago that the palace was in the spotlight due to allegations against Prince Andrew in his relation to the Epstein scandal. Now