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 [...]
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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 »
A group of more than one hundred Cambridge students are staging a peaceful occupation of the Cambridge University Law Faculty in protest of the situation in Gaza. The action is in solidarity with similar occupations at more than a dozen British Universities across the country, at which students are making demands of their institutions. These [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 24th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The debate in Myrtle Beach, SC, broke records as over 5 million Americans tuned in for a good old-fashioned mudslinging contest. But unlike the GOP candidates, there really is very little difference between the positions of Clinton, Obama and Edwards on the important issues. All want a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq, all support [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, barackobama, election2008, hillaryclinton, jameschettle, uspolitics on January 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Photograph courtesy of The Centre for Social Justice
Clare Politics is pleased to announce that the fourth speaker of Lent Term 2008 will be former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Iain Duncan Smith is Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green. He was leader of the Conservative Party from September 2001 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, clarepoliticsnews, conservatism, ids, poverty, socialjustice, society on January 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
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Clare Politics is a non-profit, student run society and as such depends entirely on the generosity of Clare students past and present for its continued existence. This support allows us to keep entry to our talks free, cover the expenses of our visiting speakers and host this website with its video archive of our talks. [...]
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Catch up on the best of Clare Politics archive.
David Howarth
Q&A with the Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge
Originally given on the 15th November 2007
Doug Wilder
America’s first African-American Senator
Originally given on the 12th November 2007
Philip Cowley
Why Parliament Is More Powerful Than Ever
Originally given on the 16th October 2006
Shami Chakrabarti
The State of Liberty: Rough Justice in [...]
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