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Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read
The Scots, the Snobs, and the Edinburgh University Complex
There is a glaring eye all Scottish university students know well. When an outsider makes a mocking comment about our nationality, a...
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Robert Thorne
Nov 8, 20235 min read
Scotland’s Fate: A Plea to Non-Scottish Students at the University of Edinburgh
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The University of Edinburgh is a strongly international space. While three-tenths of its undergrads are...
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Owen Thomas Webb
May 29, 20234 min read
What is Money?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We live in a material world. We live in a world where people, no matter who or where, need houses to live...
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Owen Thomas Webb
May 19, 20234 min read
What is a Liberal?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Do you call yourself a liberal? If you are reading this, then there is a good chance that you do, but you...
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Tasha Stewart
Apr 3, 20234 min read
Passing the buck: Shamima Begum is the UK’s responsibility
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The case of Shamima Begum is not a simple one. Even when presented with all the facts, making an honest...
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Issy Clarke
Mar 26, 20233 min read
'We Don’t do God’: Religion, Progressive Politics and the Future of the SNP
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq In 2003, Tony Blair was famously prevented from answering an interview question about his religious...
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Owen Thomas Webb
Feb 21, 20234 min read
You Do Not live in a Democracy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are often reminded that we live in a democracy. Publicly owned news outlets, party political...
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Issy Clarke
Feb 9, 20233 min read
Keir Starmer’s path to No 10
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On Sunday 15th of January Keir Starmer was pressed by Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday morning politics...
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Sorcha Tipping
Nov 25, 20224 min read
From Westminster to the Jungle – What has Hancock done?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Matt Hancock, former Health Secretary and current independent MP for West Suffolk, has entered the jungle...
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Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 31, 20224 min read
Less Is More – Great Wealth Taxations and the Guaranteed Income
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq If a multi-millionaire stockbroker is in receipt of the same guaranteed income as a part-time bartender...
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Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 17, 20224 min read
This is not a Financial Crisis —This is a crisis of economics
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq We are amid a crisis of economics. To make the first step towards understanding the crisis of our time,...
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Owen Thomas Webb
Oct 10, 20224 min read
The Conservative Party is a Libertarian Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq What is a conservative? We use such a great deal of terminology in British politics that one doesn’t...
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Sam Stevens
Jul 27, 20224 min read
Mixed signals: why strikes are the least of the railway’s problems
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The die is cast. Today, and on Saturday, railway workers across Britain will strike. Three unions will be...
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Daniel James
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Rugby, the North, and the Conservatives
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Last month Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, attended an...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
Jul 13, 20222 min read
C’apt Tom’s less charitable legacy
Everyone remembers good ol’ Sir Captain Tom Moore, who raised almost £39 million to fund the NHS when the government found itself short...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
May 13, 20222 min read
The political wank: Just another scandal swept under the rug?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq So Neil Parish MP had a wank. So what? People do it all the time, and while there is a question on the...
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Gem Kirwan
May 13, 20223 min read
Neil Parish and Misogyny in the Conservative Party
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The world of politics is a minefield. It goes without saying that leading the nation through every manner...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
Jan 16, 20222 min read
Barbados and the withering away of the British Monarchy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When you search on the internet about Barbados becoming a republic you first have to push through a...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
Jan 16, 20222 min read
The COP26 protest: a look at the sidelines
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The COP26 protest started at Kelvingrove Park, in Glasgow. As protestors took their places, from the...
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Will Penkethman-Carr
Jan 12, 20223 min read
How do we comprehend the assassination of David Amess?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Conservative MP David Amess was assassinated on Friday 15th; his death has been treated as a terrorist...
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