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Our not-so-right human rights

Marina Iskander questions the value and consequences of the Human Rights Act

A Union of apathy and failure

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

UKIP won’t be kingmakers, but could embarrass the political elite

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

Politics and Students of Today

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

‘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

My Political Villain: Mitt Romney

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

Pirate Party UK Leader Loz Kaye

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

Michael Gove; why we need more women in politics

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

Music and Politics – What’s going on?

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

Should Students’ Union executive candidates be allowed to campaign with iPads?

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

The Eastleigh by-election: a student’s view from the front line

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

What does the rise of UKIP mean for those with disabilities?

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

Should we care who #ManchesterVotes for?

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

My political hero – Anne Brontë

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

Dream Job: Politician

Fancy having a go at running the country?

A new dawn for policing?

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

My Political Hero: Leo Tolstoy

James Jackson tells us why he regardsTolstoy as an inspiration.

‘Orc Assassin’ gets elected to State Senate

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

My Political Hero: Peter Mandelson

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

Maria Miller: keep on shuffling

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