Hot on the heels of Newt Gingrich’s latest maverick proposal, Cat Hanson has a novel suggestion for George Osborne’s Budget

Why we should be giving more to the developing world

Journalist and author Melissa Benn speaks to Ben Moore about our education system, the student protests and the evolution of our feminist movement

David Cameron has led the charge, saying he will fight to keep the nations of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland united.  This ‘safety in numbers’ approach put forward by the Prime Minister promises to maintain the strength of the UK, whilst continuing Scotland’s position as part of a global authority. Indeed, the matter is […]

Eve Fensome tells us why the refusal to recognise male-on-male rape is harmful to women as well as men   Despite vast historical documentation, it was not until 2008 that the UN recognised rape and sexual violence as a ‘weapon of war’ used by armies as a tactic against civilians. The ruling means that now […]

“Minds are not changed by singular actions, however singular. They are changed when society comes to regard these singular actions as the rule rather than the exception, when common sense shifts on to the side of the erstwhile heretic.” Conor Gearty, LSE. I wonder what picture formulates in your head when someone talks about the […]

There seems to be a growing trend amongst humanities lecturers to teach their tutorials through the medium of student-led presentations. It’s not exactly surprising, seeing as there is a particular benefit to these lecturers which no other teaching method can offer: they don’t actually have to do anything. The premise of a tutorial taken in […]

As more big businesses continue to criticise and to drop out of government unpaid work experience schemes, it is surely the case that the system is flawed. There are several different schemes currently being employed, some of which are voluntary and others of which have some degree of compulsion, but the former schemes still carry […]

There’s been a great deal of fuss lately over the government’s latest work experience programme backed, most notably, by Tesco. In fact, so loud has opposition to the scheme become that a number of organisations currently involved have threatened to back out on the basis that it is harming their business; some, like Sainsbury’s, have […]

In issue 13 of The Mancunion Joshua Carroll condemned religion as rubbish, I’m going to let you know why his argument is the real rubbish. If you recall, he started off by blaming religion for the lack of bins in public, and as the reason unattended luggage is considered a threat today. His grave mistake […]

A personal plea from the Electionjacker

It is now possible to take a course in iPhone photography; Ben Green tells us about it. As reported in the Mancunion last week, the London College of Kensington (a university apparently) is now offering a course in iPhone photography.  Ah, an afternoon spent showing technically-challenged people how to use their phones, no doubt sponsored […]

“They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our FREEDOM!” screamed Hollywood’s William Wallace. But as it turns out, we did. English rule over our rebellious northern cousins had been well established for centuries, and 300 years ago Great Britain was created with the 1707 Act of Union. Has the time finally come for […]

I’m going to give you £100,000. Now here’s the choice: I can either put £60,000 in your bank account and give the rest to the government, or I can put £85,000 in a business account and give you access to it. Which one are you really going to choose? Most of us would like to […]

Taxation is a wonderful thing; it works to fairly raise revenue for the services that we all need. Tax revenue goes to enabling university access for students from all backgrounds and funding the NHS – the best health service in the world, taking care of every citizen in the country regardless of wealth or social […]

Comment & Debate Editor Ben Green takes a look at the real reason behind obscene bonuses, and has a modest proposal for making everything better In this quasi-free market society of which we are all proud citizens, the economy runs on a simple proposition: the exchange of labour for currency. Companies employ people to make […]

Mercedes Antrobus considers whether it is the fault of the press that there’s a lot we don’t know about. As I have insinuated previously in the Mancunion, the press has a certain degree of control over global events. Over the last year we have all learnt, thanks to the News of the World scandal, that […]

Victoria Root tells us how easy it would be to move to a greener economy. A recent surge in renewable technology shows that a solution to climate change is possible, so why is nothing being done about it? The planet’s temperature is predicted to rise by around 1.9 degrees Celsius and we must cut carbon […]

Religious leaders can and should be an asset to our democracy, writes Jak Dyehouse

Try as our politicians might, heckling and confrontation is an inescapable reality, writes Andrew Williams