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. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 29th, 2007 | Comments Off
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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 [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on September 27th, 2007 | Comments Off
Picture this. You’re walking down the street and a policeman approaches you. He wants to know your name, what you’ve been up to that morning, where you’re going that afternoon. You politely ask why. He replies he doesn’t have a specific reason, he just wants to know. You say that you’d really rather not divulge [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Firstly, may I apologise for a prelims, themes and sources and (primarily) laziness induced absence. Luckily for the constitutional future of this country, I come back bearing a Big Idea. No, it’s not Scottish independence - that’s this week’s constitutional knot - or even the West Lothian question, but back to reform of the [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on May 11th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
…until the smoking ban in public places comes into force in England on July 1st. Yay! I was there in Scotland when it happened a year ago and was a resounding success. Smokers were giving up in preparation for the ban and publicans were forced to admit that their dire predictions of [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, scotland, society on March 14th, 2007 | 8 Comments »
We would be delighted to hear from you if you wish to reserve a seat at a meeting in Cambridge or if you would like to suggest a speaker for a future event.
For all enquiries related to speakers - including speaker suggestions, which we welcome - please contact the Secretary, Ed Ballard. He can be [...]
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