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Opinion Archive


15th March 2016

The dark side of the pharmaceutical industry

There is a disconnect between the price that drugs take to develop and the price that they are sold for
14th March 2016

Give me ale, reasonable food and quick service or give me death

Colm Lock takes the Students’ Union to task for keeping him waiting for his food and wanting of his ale
14th March 2016

The Labour Party and racism

Following the Mancunion’s investigation into racism within the party, Jessica Chow-Lau argues there is more work to be done
14th March 2016

The case for a Men’s Officer

Harry Bithell argues the case for an exec officer to support the needs of men
8th March 2016

The Student Survey misses the point

Elliott Mills examines what the questionnaire tells us about university life
8th March 2016

Jeremy Corbyn is driving Labour to oblivion

Five months on and the new politics are failing to make a real impact against the Conservatives and in the polls
8th March 2016

Cameron’s reforms are a distraction from greater issues

Tristan Parsons suggests that Cameron’s victory over a reformed relationship with the EU is merely distracting from far bigger issues
2nd March 2016

The Pope’s stance on birth control does not hide the Church’s misogyny

The Pope’s recent comments on birth control have been exaggerated by the press—he and the Catholic Church remain thoroughly misogynistic
2nd March 2016

Brexit will be better for Britain

Britain will be just fine outside of the European Union, argues Francis Edge.
1st March 2016

Swastika defaces Manchester Exec candidate’s banner

A candidate in the Exec elections at the University of Manchester Students’ Union has had several posters defaced and removed, including one defaced with Nazi imagery

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29th February 2016

Cameron’s EU deal increases the possibility of Brexit

The Prime Minister’s deal does not do enough to blunt the Euroscepticism that exists in the left and the right
29th February 2016

If the FBI wins against Apple we all lose

If a precedent is set for state authorities gaining access to encrypted data, we don’t know where it will end
29th February 2016

Twitter fries Stephen

After Fry leaves Twitter again, what is the online platform becoming with regards to free speech and censorship?
29th February 2016

Colm, swipe right on the Students’ Union

Activites and Development Officer Joel Smith offers a reply to recent attacks on the Students’ Union
28th February 2016

Is the “Oscars so white” boycott really a route to diversity?

Tristan Parson’s asks whether an elite group of film stars boycotting the Oscars as part of the ‘Oscars so white’ campaign is really a challenge to racist structures
24th February 2016

The popular appeal of Campaign Finance Reform

Joel Kelly casts his eye across the pond to see why disassociation from big money is paying off for the likes of Sanders and Trump
23rd February 2016

First our toilet paper, whatever will be next?

Will Baldwin-Pask serves us up a steaming pile of bile as he takes the university’s waste management problems to the cleaners
23rd February 2016

In defence of Pharma-Bro Martin Shkreli

With the exorbitant costs of producing drugs and conducting research, sometimes the costs are high, so let’s not blame Shkreli for all the evils of the pharmaceutical industry
23rd February 2016

Identity politics is making a mockery out of the left wing

The fear of offending is consuming the left wing at universities in defeatist identity politics
23rd February 2016

No place for morality in Cameron’s Britain

The Conservative’s successive undemocratic crackdowns on our freedom to protest are a sign of a government with little effective challenge