Summary  For our non-UK readers, or for our UK readers who are not aware of the Mark Duggan case, here is the summary: On the fourth of August, 2011 – 29 year old Mark Duggan was shot dead by the Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, London. Fifteen minutes before he was […]

The European Commission sparked hope that Greece’s economy would grow by 0.6% in 2014. This is compared with figures for 2012 and 2013, where the economy was still receding by 6.4% and 4% respectively. Will this prospective growth meliorate citizens’ lives at a time of increased unemployment, as well as […]

For over fifty years now the UK has been losing a war that should have never been declared in the first place. A war in which countless lives have been turned upside down and thousands of people across the world have had to suffer. A war that not only could […]

Inauguration of Giorgi Margvelashvili, the new president of Georgia who gained 62.12 % of votes, was held in Tbilisi on 17 November 2013. Irakli Garibashvili, who previously served as interior minister of the country, was approved for the post of the prime minister, the most powerful political office in the […]

MPs and money. It’s always been a controversial topic within British politics. First it was the expenses scandal, now they are set to receive an 11% wage increase for…doing what exactly?  If you look back over the  Cameron administration it is difficult to find much worth praising our MPS over; […]

Hello. My name is Aneesa and I’m a Muslim. I wanted to try typing that line out. Yes, definitely sounds like I’m in some sort of shameful Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. I was hesitant at first to write this article, in fear of coming across as a “Qur’an basher”. I did, […]

The problem with Scottish independence is that many Scottish people want independence because they dislike the fact that decisions made about their country come from an English parliament. As important as nationalism is, Scottish independence goes beyond it. There are economic and international issues that are important to consider when […]

For the life of me I cannot understand the irrational and emotive controversy surrounding the issue of immigration. It seems perfectly logical to me that a nation whose size and available resources deem it fit for an ideal population of 30 million, but instead has one of 67 million and […]