Apolitical, nonplussed, and too concerned with going to the Warehouse Project, Will Brown shows us why students need to get their act together—or face the consequences of apathy

With the general election just around the corner, could UKIP be the party to change the way we see Westminster?

Student life has changed drastically over the years—does this reflect students’ interest in politics?

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

Ben Fearn explains why US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is his political villain…

Pirate Party Leader Loz Kaye speaks to Features Editor Sam Dumitriu about surveillance, filters and how the internet can transform politics

Bernadette Chapman argues that we desperately need more women on the front bench of politics

Does politics have a place in music? Tom Ingham thinks so

With increased accusations of voter intimidation and the inequity to allowing a tool to be used that costs hundreds, we ask whether iPads should be allowed

Physics student and Liberal Democrat Sarah Harding recounts a very long week, as she left her lectures behind to campaign in Eastleigh

After the news that UKIP beat Labour and the Conservatives to take 2nd place in the Eastleigh byelection, Arun Mehta looks at the party and members attitudes towards disability

Brace yourselves – the Students’ Union elections are here. The Mancunion considers why the candidates might be standing, and what Manchester SU is for

Step aside Charlotte and Emily, Anne’s the Brontë for us

Fancy having a go at running the country?

Tom Danaher discuss the recent Police and Crime Commissioner elections, following a shocking low turnout

James Jackson tells us why he regardsTolstoy as an inspiration.

WoW player Colleen Lachowicz has been elected to the Maine State Senate

This week Kimberly McIntosh picks the ‘Prince of Darkness’ as her political hero

One woman, two jobs: Maria Miller as culture secretary and minister for women and equalities?

Statistics indicate a rise in claims for Jobseeker’s Allowance in Greater Manchester despite a fall in unemployment