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Opinion Archive
16th November 2022
Friend or Foe: How will technology continue to influence art?
Is art a purely humanist endeavour? The creators of Ai-Da don’t seem to think so
2nd November 2022
A moment for reflection and reconstruction: Liz leaves, Sunak starts
The tumultuous end of Liz Truss’ brief premiership, and the unmandated start of Rishi Sunak’s gives us a moment for reflection and reconstruction in British politics
1st November 2022
Honestly? I don’t quite get the Fallowfield hype
Didn’t make it into Fallowfield in first year? Don’t worry, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be
28th October 2022
The Only Way is Westminster: Politics or reality TV? We need a general election now
The British people deserve a general election after all this chaos and here’s why
28th October 2022
Rishi Sunak: Mission Impossible
Rishi Sunak faces an impossible mission as Britain’s new PM and leader of the Tory Party
20th October 2022
Liz Truss leavers 2022
Following up from ‘In Liz we Truss’, we formulate a new playlist ripe for Liz’s leaving do
19th October 2022
Will the Conservatives’ Hubris be their downfall?
Has the Conservatives’ election-winning success over the past decade led to a sense of hubris and complacency?
19th October 2022
Drama for Starmer: Does the Labour party have what it takes?
Two years before the next general election and battling factionalism, reports of transphobia, and the Forde report, does the Labour Party have what it takes?
19th October 2022
Your bills need paying, but the government won’t pay theirs
Does this government actually know what governing means? If it does, it has a weird way of showing it
19th October 2022
Forgotten Histories: why is only England’s past prioritised?
A crisis of identity? The concern over the lack of history of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland taught in the UK
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19th October 2022
Tory Party Conference 2022: Governing the state – or just a state?
The Tory Party Conference was a disaster for Liz Truss’ government. Can she repair her broken party? It doesn’t seem so
18th October 2022
‘Superficially Black’: Why no one can define Kwasi Kwarteng’s Blackness
Rupa Huq’s racist comments must spark a conversation about what Blackness means in UK politics
13th October 2022
Person or object? Objectification in the media
Why is it we still see some women as just too beautiful to be cheated on?
8th October 2022
In Liz we Truss: Getting Britain moving Tory-style
‘Woke’ students, angry Tories, and middle-aged Dads unite: our new ‘In Liz We Truss’ playlist fulfils the PMs political dreams with plenty of 90s classics to “get Britain moving”
5th October 2022
Kwasi Budgets and Gilty Feelings
The mini-budget shows us that the Bank of England should get more power to influence economic policy
4th October 2022
Why the SU is annoyingly unrepresentative
The Students’ Union from next year is worryingly unrepresentative with the removal of the International Officer and the introduction of a BAME Associate Chair
4th October 2022
Why Liz Truss is taking you for a fool
The recent mini-budget has shown the Tories are blatantly rigging the economy in favour of the super-rich – here’s how and why Liz Truss is taking you for a fool!
4th October 2022
Student Media Matters: Student media makes sense in a world which doesn’t
Your time at university is the optimal time to explore your passions, take a stand, and work to improve and shape the world how you see fit. Student media alone won’t do all of that for you – but it just might help.
2nd June 2022
Why the BBC should think again before moving CBBC online
Moving CBBC to just online makes it inaccessible for kids who already are already being taught to consume TV like customers.
27th May 2022
Halsey vs Capitol Records: Are record labels the bad guys?
After kicking off on TikTok and Twitter, singer Halsey has continued the age-long saga of artist vs record label. But record labels aren’t always in the wrong – here’s why