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Editor: Molly Hamill, Yasser Maait

The 2025 UK Femicide Census: Why We Need Feminism | Molly Hamill
A woman is killed every 3 days in the UK. Almost 90% of them are killed by men. These killings are usually hot blooded, fueled by 'male...
Mar 183 min read


Why Is American Politics So Polarising? | Molly Hamill
In the UK, it's a faux pas to ask who someone voted for; Americans often declare their party alignment through exhibits outside their...
Mar 63 min read

The War on DEI: Regression or Progression? | Sumayyah Ali
Recent attacks on DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) policies have been spearheaded by President Trump, following the growing movement...
Feb 275 min read


Veganism, Twitter, and the Politics That Shaped Me | Sara Ninh
For many teenagers, creating a Twitter (X) account and joining a fandom – whether for a K-pop band, TV show or Draco Malfoy – was an...
Feb 254 min read


Voter Turnout | Molly Hamill
If you're a politics student, you'll probably have the term 'participation crisis' branded across the back of your eyes at this point. If...
Feb 103 min read


The Case Against Early Release Schemes | Yasser Maait
With an increasing crime rate and the growth of anti-social behaviour, society faces a pressing issue regarding the practicality of...
Feb 55 min read

The Case For Labour's Early Release Scheme | Molly Hamill
Partisan defence or criticism aside, the UK's prison system is failing. The severe overcrowding, understaffing and underfunding have come...
Feb 53 min read


The Case Against Assisted Dying | Yasser Maait
November 29th saw the Terminally Ill Adults Bill pass its first major development not only in the House of Commons but also wider...
Dec 22, 20244 min read


The Case For Assisted Dying | Molly Hamill
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed its first major check in the House of Commons on the 29th of November. While Labour...
Dec 22, 20244 min read


How The Government Can Help With Youth Mental Health | Troy Francis-Brown
It has become undeniable in recent years that youth mental health in the United Kingdom is in crisis. Today it feels as if every young...
Aug 19, 20244 min read


The Politics of Today: Do the Generation of Tomorrow Want it? | Zeinab Sabri
The next generation of voters are the youth of today, yet they are being ignored by politicians. Politics has become a foreign sport to...
May 13, 20244 min read


Citizen Assemblies: Future of Democracy? | Troy Francis-Brown
On Halloween last year, my school was lucky enough to have former Lib Dem MP Tom Brake visit us to give a lecture on the work of the...
May 6, 20244 min read

Is This Finally Labour’s Year? The Party’s Chances of Winning in 2024 | Troy Francis-Brown
The Labour party are infamously good at losing elections. Indeed, the party has failed to win a single election in my lifetime so far,...
Jan 23, 20244 min read


Britain's Bankrupt Councils | Kaveh Kordestani
For the past 13 years, Britain’s councils have “worked miracles” trying to balance their budgets. Those are the words of Sir Stephen...
Dec 5, 20234 min read


Daniel Hannan, the ERG and the origins of Brexit | Fela Callahan
Despite being amid another post‐Brexit ‘difficulty’ in debates over the Northern Ireland protocol, the consensus is that we should now...
Feb 23, 20234 min read


How Russia damaged China's ambitions in Asia | Fela Callahan
Recent tensions over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon have led me to consider how such tensions may...
Feb 21, 20235 min read


The morality of striking: should we condone it? | Jessica Hawkins
On the morning of the 10th of November, Harris Westminster staff and students faced the hardship of getting to school alongside the mass...
Feb 21, 20233 min read


America’s global influence and International Organisations | Ike Idikakalu
The United States of America has long been the pre-eminent global superpower and perhaps the most powerful nation to ever exist....
Jan 24, 20235 min read


From Lascars to leaders | Esha Amin
From Lascars to leaders: a brief historic and geographic insight on how Britain’s largest minority came to be A person of colour and a...
Nov 17, 20225 min read


Realism, Liberalism and the Ukraine War | Fela Callahan
The Russo-Ukrainian War has fanned the flames in a discourse that has occurred since the beginning of the study of history itself. This...
Nov 17, 20224 min read


Do we need a constitutional monarchy? Thailand's perspective | Yolanda Trujillo Rodriguez De Ledesma
On the 24th of June 1932, a coup d'état transformed Siam’s absolute monarchy to a constitutional one. Seven years later, Siam became...
Nov 6, 20224 min read


Sitting down with Sir David Evennet | Callum McGee
In December 2021, I was fortunate enough to meet and interview Sir David Evennett, MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford. A conservative, he...
Sep 1, 20224 min read


Chileans bidding farewell to Neoliberalism show there is hope for us all | Tom Rosas
On the 20th of December last year Christmas seemed to arrive early for leftists in Latin America and across the World. Chile – who 50...
Mar 23, 20227 min read


Social Media and its Threat to Politics | Addison Mitchell
My auntie’s mother Daphne is a typical retiree who has lived a comfortable life and has now settled down in Thanet. Daphne and her...
Mar 23, 20224 min read


Biden’s First Year | Harland Cossons
The Economist wrote of late that presidents are set up to fail. In response to misleading media coverage and congressional gridlock, many...
Mar 17, 20222 min read


The Case of Sarah Everard: Can the 888 Phone Line Really Make US more ‘Streetwise’? | Angelika Santaniello
The case of Sarah Everard taught us women one thing: our safety is now only in our hands. Otherwise, more brutally and in the words of...
Jan 19, 20223 min read


‘Story telling is a political act’ – Polly Creed’s Lecture | Mia Spiller
On Tuesday 16th November, Polly Creed gave a lecture on Art and Activism- Making Politically Engaged Theatre & Film. During the talk she...
Nov 18, 20212 min read

COVID-19, The “Chinese Virus” | Wei Htoo
When a need to get the point across outweighs the safety of a group of people, on a national level… Since the first reported cases of...
Apr 11, 20206 min read


Prisoners – The New Slaves | Rama Aowidah
The only way we have made improvements to our previous society is by questioning the moral obliquity present in certain aspects of our...
Nov 29, 20194 min read


The Unknown Famine Crime In Yemen | Alaa El-Hannach
Very little mainstream media has given any attention to the famine currently happening in Yemen and the devastating effects it has had on...
May 20, 20192 min read
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