Something good is going come out of the riots: people care about them. No news event since the 1980s has had people so aroused to read the news and try to really understand what has been happening. The events of recent weeks are a challenge to all traditional partisan narratives, and, to put it simply, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, conservatives, davidcameron, labour, spendingcuts, tonyblair, ukpolitics on August 16th, 2011 | No Comments »
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One crucial detail seems to have failed to permeate the present analysis of the comments recorded by The Daily Telegraph from some Liberal Democrat Ministers.
It is the nature of politics for different elements of the truth to be emphasised at different times. The current controversy is an example of another important condition which shapes the version of the truth often heard from politicians. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on December 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
No matter how hard I try, I can’t help defending the Liberal Democrats, a party for which I have no political affection. But, as students gather for more protests today, they once again need a reality check.
No single party won the general election, and the formation of a coalition government means that no party can [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, electoralreform, libdems, tuitionfees on November 24th, 2010 | No Comments »
Cambridge’s Amnesty International group were out in force yesterday protesting the government’s policy towards the detention of asylum-seeking children, which many health practitioners have argued is detrimental to their mental and physical health, and may even violate the terms of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) - which the government [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on November 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
Last week recorded a first for Britain: the besieging and attempted forced entry into a political party’s headquarters by a mob. Although there may be some of us who sympathised with the objectives of the protest or attended in, hopefully, a thoroughly peaceful capacity, no reasonable individual can condone the level of violence and loutish [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on November 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
You’ve probably noticed that an election has been announced for 6th May. Clare Politics thinks it’s really important that you vote, so here is a short guide to what you need to do, including how to register and how to find out which candidate best matches your views.
You can choose to vote [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 9th, 2010 | No Comments »
It was a bill with widespread support in the House, on an issue that virtually no one could object to: a move that would prevent “vulture funds” - i.e. bond speculators who prey on the world’s poor by buying up the debt of foreign countries at a reduced price and then suing the debtor countries [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, poverty, ukpolitics on March 14th, 2010 | No Comments »
An aide to the Prime Minister spreads some nasty gossip in a private email to a blogger. The blogger’s emails are hacked, the emails are leaked to another blog, and the aide resigns. It’s a juicy and very modern tale of a spin doctor getting a taste of his own medicine. But is it really [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, bbc, conservatives, davidcameron, jonathanbirch, journalism, labour, ukpolitics on April 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Photograph from the Occupation Cambridge Facebook group
Of imminent importance at the moment is the student occupation of the Law faculty, and CUSU have called an emergency motion to debate the issue tonight.
In brief, a number of students have staged a non-violent sit-in on the ground floor of the Law faculty, and won’t relinquish their position [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 28th, 2009 | 7 Comments »
