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Opinion Archive
17th March 2014
‘Are a generation of young people right to give up on Westminster?’
Following the #idebate in Manchester last week, Alice Rigby and Charlotte Green debate whether or not young people should abandon Westminster as a way of creating political change
5th March 2014
The UK sits at the beating heart of global tax haven culture
Michael Selby-Green argues that corporate tax avoidance in the ‘developing world’ is a crime the UK is becoming more complicit in
5th March 2014
VAT is a bloody mess
Amelie Eckersley argues that deeming sanitary products ‘non-essential’ and attaching a 5 per cent VAT unfairly disadvantages women
5th March 2014
If Russia is ‘anti-gay’ then so is America
Lauren Gorton questions why the media have overlooked discrimatory legislation in the USA but damned Russia for its ‘anti-propaganda’ bill
5th March 2014
Tuition fees aren’t the only reason students are stripping
Charlotte Green argues that attributing life choices down to economic need not only devalues women’s decisions to sexually empower themselves, but also undermines the concept of female self-determination
5th March 2014
UMSU elections are in a crisis of apathy
Alice Rigby argues that Manchester needs a re-invigoration of the student electoral system to make us believe in our executive and union representatives
5th March 2014
My Political Villain: Mitt Romney
Ben Fearn explains why US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is his political villain…
5th March 2014
Sex trafficking is still thriving in the UK
The sex trade is flourishing across the country; including in Manchester. Lauren Wills argues that we need to act now to win the fight against slavery
26th February 2014
Trial by Twitter is harmful to justice
Christopher James argues the time has come to reconsider our social media ethics
26th February 2014
Our prison system is corrupt and that should worry us all
Morris Seifert argues that we need a prison system inclined towards compassion not incarceration
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26th February 2014
My Political Villain: Tony Blair
Alice Rigby explains why former Prime Minister Tony Blair is her political villain…
26th February 2014
I experienced Twitter abuse first hand
Martha Clarke discusses feminism, solidarity, and how twitter abuse doesn’t solve anything
26th February 2014
Facebook: the new King Maker
After a spate of human rights pages being deleted from Facebook, Lauren Gorton asks whether it is taking its history-making role seriously
12th February 2014
My Political Hero: David Lloyd George
Ben Fearn explains why politician David Lloyd George is his political hero…
12th February 2014
We should all be Defending Education
In light of the arrests of students at the University of Birmingham, Jenny Sterne argues that universities should be fostering protest, not criminalising it
12th February 2014
Michael Gove; why we need more women in politics
Bernadette Chapman argues that we desperately need more women on the front bench of politics
4th February 2014
Britain doesn’t need a lower age of consent
A blunt message from Downing Street this week was communicated to Britain’s leading public health expert (and the public at large) that the current age of consent for sex in the UK is 16, and “there are no plans to change it”. Is this the right attitude to take?
4th February 2014
The ‘No Platform’ policy needs to end
Christian Barrow argues that to tackle extremist views, they need to be heard
4th February 2014
On your bike, if you dare
Charlotte Green discusses how the potential ban on using headphones whilst cycling is symptomatic of a system determined to blame bikers for accidents, not motorists