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Opinion Archive
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
24th May 2022
Doctor Who finds it’s newest Time Lord
Doctor Who finally welcomes Ncuti Gatwa as its first black doctor (if we conveniently forget the Timeless Child twist)
18th May 2022
Irish Politics, not for the Feint hearted: Sinn Fein to lead Stormont for the first time in 100 years
Does Sinn Fein’s recent electoral victory secure the possibility of reunification for Ireland?
15th May 2022
What’s on the menu this week? Calories
Adding calories to menus is more likely to exacerbate disordered eating rather than solve the UK obesity crisis
15th May 2022
Historical dramas: the new object of all our desires
Dear readers, escape from your 21st century trauma to historical drama. With Jonathon Bailey in a wet shirt, it’s not a bad place to be
8th May 2022
SeXion: One night stand-outs
One Night Stands can ruin your faith in men … but they’re not all bad!
4th May 2022
Taylor Swift est in horto: How teachers are making Latin more accessible
Swifties rejoice as the queen herself is used to translate Latin and make it more accessible in schools and universities
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3rd May 2022
Freedom to hate? How we protect citizens from hate speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter
What does Musk’s potential ownership of Twitter mean for protection of it’s users from online hate?
3rd May 2022
Why Boris needs the boot
The British public prevented from saying goodbye to their loved ones due to laws imposed by a man attending illegal parties
27th April 2022
Boris, Dorries and their motley crew are here to take public broadcasting away from you
The planned privatisation of Channel 4 has caused many to compare views on whether they believe this to be good or bad
27th April 2022
Reviewing the use of the term ‘genocide’ in European conflicts
Defining genocide in relation to Lemkin and Lauterpacht and assessing Russia’s crimes in Ukraine?
14th April 2022
Half of Africa’s wheat imports come from two countries: Ukraine and Russia
Russia and Ukraine are no longer exporting wheat and the global community need to take action
14th April 2022
Keeping the many out of the few: Intolerance on the UK Left
Do we need a more centre-left approach to politics in order to address the intolerance of opinion espoused by the Labour party?
10th April 2022
Government’s conversion therapy ban to exclude trans people
Johnson’s exclusion of trans people from the conversion therapy ban will not be taken lying down
8th April 2022
NATO expansion or not: This is a war of Putin’s making
Discussing Putin’s last desperate attempt at war against Ukraine despite prior defences of the country as a sovereign state
5th April 2022
Addiction in Euphoria
Debunking the idea that drug addiction is something that only affects the ‘bad’ guy, and the effect it has on close relationships with loved ones
3rd April 2022
Dear Keir – give us nationalisation, not factionalisation
Instead of punishing the left and backing transphobes, Keir Starmer should be uniting the Labour Party behind the popular policy of nationalisation