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Opinion Archive
9th October 2020
Should the Prime Minister be allowed to misspeak?
News Editor Lucy Nichols discusses the Prime Minister’s track record
1st October 2020
“It’s presposterous”: Students react to possible Christmas Covid restrictions
Students feel largely let down by the government’s recent announcement regarding their freedom to return home at Christmas
29th September 2020
Farris Ramzy: There is a storm coming, let us help before it’s too late
Farris Ramzy runs Manchester Students’ Group, formerly known as FSG, it’s one of the largest student pages in the country
24th September 2020
Black Lives Matter: Why better history education is so important
Serafina Kenny argues changing school curriculums is the best way to stamp out racism
4th September 2020
Opinion: The University must enforce its face mask rules
Prasham Sheth argues that face masks must be made compulsory
10th August 2020
Joe Biden’s running mate: the last women standing
Theatre Editor Jay Darcy goes through the women who presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden might choose to be his running mate
9th July 2020
The government needs to do more to eradicate medical prejudices against the LGBT+ community in the UK
Giving blood and conversion therapy are just two examples of medical prejudices that still exist against the LGBT+ community
7th May 2020
Coronaspeak: What impact is the language of lockdown having on us?
The medicalisation and militarisation of everyday language is a tool for national unity and misinformation in equal measure, argues Lucca Di Virgilio
5th May 2020
Outsiders, stockpilers, and socialisers: narratives of blame during lockdown
From shaming picnickers in the park to outright xenophobia, it seems the nation’s appearance of solidarity is reliant on an undercurrent of toxic narratives of blame, argues Joe Manock
4th May 2020
WH3R3 4 4RT TH0U R0M30? Digital dating in the coronazone
Has the internet finally conquered the world of love and sex? How can I conduct my extra-marital affair during lockdown? Is it socially responsible to go dogging if I suspect I have Covid-19?
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26th March 2020
Third years have been cheated out of our final year of university
Olivia Stringer discusses the impact of Coronavirus on final year university students
13th March 2020
The Long Goodbye: Riz Ahmed’s breakup with Britain
Nimo Omer discusses Riz Ahmed’s new short film The Long Goodbye and the fraught relationship between immigrants and a country that doesn’t seem to want them
13th March 2020
How ‘the North’ became a baseless political football
The government seems to be patting themselves on the back for finally offering a glass of water to those communities starving in the North of England and beyond, argues George Walker
13th March 2020
The true cost of tuition fees
Lucca Di Virgilio discusses the problems with profiteering from university education
6th March 2020
Colonial Museums in the 21st Century
Following recent repatriation of artefacts from the Manchester Museum, other colonial museums must engage with their imperial legacies properly, argues Joe Manock
6th March 2020
Colonialism and climate change: how renewables may continue this toxic legacy
Ava Innes discusses the problem with trying to find sustainable solutions without examining the colonial legacy that underpins our current environmental crisis.
28th February 2020
The myth of the good old days: why the world is better than it seems
The state of the world nowadays has been given a lot of bad press, says Susannah Eley
28th February 2020
Why we shouldn’t be complacent about coronavirus
It is easy to be complacent about this virus for those of us who are young and healthy, argues Joe Mason
28th February 2020
Believing in Bernie is believing in the planet
Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal is the only viable plan for the planet in this year’s Presidential election, argues Tallulah Brennan
28th February 2020
The BJP and its controversial Citizenship Law
Krish Kakar argues that the BJP party is creating stark religious divides in India