Politics

It’s early September in Birmingham. The opportunities are abundant for those sightseeing - visit the New Street Bull, explore the overpriced world of Cadburys, listen to Duran Duran. Alternatively, if you’re a right wing merchant to one of Hades’’ finest (or just like to throw milkshakes at politicians), you should take a trip to the Reform UK National Conference, held in the City of a Thousand Trades. The conference centres around the party’s future, after its success in the

December 4th 2024, Images from PEXELS In a world full of such injustice, inequality, and mistreatment, it is hard to find a slither of hope. I am more than guilty of drowning in negativity over the present and future, as it seems that the past is simply repeating itself. However, with the ever-growing connections in our society, the speed at which we can share anything and everything, the reassuring amount of cat content we have access to daily, society can not be overly nega

November 27th 2024, Images from PEXELS Over the last few weeks, many British people will be sitting on their phones, looking at the audacious traditions and concerningly-legal policies ready to be rolled into law in the new year. Many of us have even used the term ‘depressing’ to describe this, well, depressing outcome. A YouGov poll showed that 64% of British adults favoured Kamala Harris; suggesting that even though we seem to have no sense in our own politics, at least we

November 20th, 2024, images from PEXELS My first recollection of a farmer is watching Shaun the Sheep whilst eating breakfast before primary school, the angry clay figure groaning at his job. I laughed back then, as farmers surely weren’t like that in real life? Ten years later, I just opened Instagram, and the first post I saw? A report of thousands of farmers congregating around Westminster, demanding relief on their land. Leading this swarm is (suprise surprise) Nigel Fara