Weekly Roundup: Voting Apps, Katie Hill and California Fires
Tactical voting apps cause concern on both sides of the political divide As the country gears up for a December general election, voters on both sides of the Brexit divide have been turning to tactical voting to find away through the deadlock on EU membership. Perceived by some as a ‘second refere
“I get a constant deluge of death threats”
Robert Mugabe was still alive when I spoke to Peter Tatchell back in late August. We had spoken about the former Zimbabwean President during our conversation, specifically Tatchell’s two attempts at placing Mugabe under citizen’s arrest, first in London in 1999, and again in Brussels in 2001. Af
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: EXTINCTION REBELLION, RACISM IN FOOTBALL AND BERNIE IS BACK
Extinction Rebellion Takes Legal Action on Protest Ban in London Since International Rebellion’s coordinated protests have swept through more than sixty cities around the world, thousands of environmental activists have been arrested in their efforts to demand for more action on climate chan
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: STORMZY AND WHALES
The ‘Stormzy effect’ at Cambridge Cambridge University has released figures showing that black students made up more than 3% of new undergraduates. Cambridge said 91 black British students had been admitted as first-year undergraduates at the start of the academic year, an increase, an increase
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: BORIS FACES SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT, TRUMP IMPEACHMENT, AND MORE.
Supreme Court Judgment This Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the Prime Minister Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. The Court was faced the issues of whether the decision to prorogue was “justiciable” (i.e. whether it could be looked at by the court, some politi
WEEKLY ROUNDUP: SAUDI ARABIA, NEW VISA LAWS, AND CHANEL MILLER
Saudi Arabia oil plants burn after drone strikes A second attack from ten drones on two oil plants at Abqaiq, which are owned by oil company Aramco, has resulted in fire outbreaks at the facilities. Although the blazes have now been brought under control, the politics of the attack are far from mo
The Politics of Representation
Earlier this year, the former environment secretary, Michael Gove, spoke repeatedly of a ‘climate emergency’, trumpeting that the UK would be carbon neutral by 2050. This was before he trotted off to cut the ribbon on a gargantuan construction project which will see a third runway built at Heath
Waste Not, Want Not
Just over halfway through a ten-hour shift waiting tables at a fancy wedding, I tapped out for a few seconds in the men’s bathroom. Kneeling down on the tiles, I took a few deep breaths, counting them, and tried to stop retching. A glance into a green food waste bin had prompted my exit. It [&hell