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The first debate between Trump and Biden was chaotic and barely a debate at all. The fact that Trump came out swinging as he has against the press and anyone willing to criticize him ever since he started running in 2015 was not surprising, what was surprising was the extent to which he went all-inContinue reading “The biggest problem with the first debate was small-d-democratic”

BreXrated, March 2017 Britain will not be able to produce all the food it needs without the European Union. During the 2016 Wimbledon tennis tournament, 139,435 portions of strawberries were served. But Professor David Hughes, an international speaker on global food and drink industry issues, said almost the entire harvest workforce in the British freshContinue reading ““You can’t get a white Anglo Saxon protestant to pick a strawberry.” The food industry crisis brought by Brexit”

BreXrated, March 2017 British cinema could be slaughtered by exiting the European Union according to a leading film expert. Ahead of the Belfast Film Festival later this month, Dr Louis Bayman, a lecturer in film at the University of Southampton, claimed leaving the EU would lead to fewer British films being made.

BreXrated, March 2017 In the EU referendum last year, the unpopular, more divisive politicians won. Remain voter Rob Lawson called Nigel Farage “a horrible little man”, author Will Self called Farage and Donald Trump “grubby little opportunists” on Question Time, and Remain voter Paul Millar saw Boris Johnson “more like a chauffeur or a clumsyContinue reading “Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, and Boris Johnson: The rise of the divisive politician”

BreXrated, March 2017 The negotiations concerning how we leave the European Union are due to begin this month. Regardless of how many times the Government has said Brexit means Brexit, they’ve never told us what kind of Brexit they’re going for. It has to be a soft one.

April 2015 Independent shopkeepers all around Islington are feeling the strain of competition from big business. Here, in the heart of the most progressive of Labour strongholds, the Conservatives are failing the people they need to win over to remain in government come May the seventh, namely the owners of small businesses.

February 2015 With Patricia Arquette’s Oscar speech rousing opinion all over the world, many argue that feminism has failed the underprivileged. Charlotte Young is one woman trying to turn the tide. She has for the last two years been trying to enthuse young working-class girls with the mentality and skills needed to build a successfulContinue reading “Mentoring towards success”

The possibilities brought by 3D printers are thought by some to be endless. To others, they seem a bit too endless. In recent years, 3D printing has been used to replace hearts and various other organs, cutting the cost of surgeries, with the prospect of making transplants obsolete. 3D printers have done everything from helpingContinue reading “The opportunities and dangers of 3D printing”

Thursday 12th of March Filling the satirical shoes of Stephen Colbert would be more or less impossible for anyone. That’s why American TV network Comedy Central has made the great choice of creating the opposite of the pseudo-conservative bastion that was The Colbert Report.

October 2014 Islington North, and Islington South and Finsbury. Two constituencies. Two Labour MPs. But how similar are they really? Jeremy Corbyn, 65, has been representing Islington North since 1983. Emily Thornberry, 54, has been representing Islington South and Finsbury since 2005. Both have three children, both campaigned against the war in Iraq. But duringContinue reading “Corbyn vs Thornberry: Standing outside the middle ground will hold you back”