And we’re back…

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After a rather unintended term’s hiatus the Clare Politics site is back and highlights from the great talks we put on in Lent Term will be appearing very shortly. A bit of an explanation for the absence is necessary, back in February a security flaw in Wordpress, our blogging platform, [...]

The growing irrelevance of the Union

There has been an interesting discussion on several blogs recently about The Economist magazine and its reputation. The posts are well worth reading, but one line in particular caught my eye:
The other ugly English trait promoting The Economist’s success in America is the Oxford Union argumentative style. At its epitome, it involves a stance so [...]