US imitates China: agressive foreign policy for domestic support
In its aggressive use of foreign policy, the Republican Government is in turn making an indirect yet powerful impact on domestic affairs, imitating the authoritarian processes that the Chinese...
View ArticleHow social media is sculpting politics
As of late, a very definitive trend has arisen in politics. Whilst slightly older generations have swung to the right of the political spectrum, the generation of teens and young adults heavily...
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How the Democrats normalised mass deportation
Right away, he was outspoken. Right from his very first speech: “They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime”, Donald Trump said of Mexican immigrants, announcing his presidential candidacy....
View ArticleThe music of politics
On the evening of Sunday 12th February, the 59th Grammy Award ceremony took place in Los Angeles. With stars such as Adele, Katy Perry, and of course Beyoncé, all known for singing about “the one who...
View ArticleWe should not give in to ‘alternative facts’
On Meet the Press, 22nd January, presenter Chuck Todd questioned counselor Kellyanne Conway about the administration’s claims that Trump’s inauguration crowds were the largest ever. The conversation...
View ArticleWhere will this populism lead us?
The inherent instability of Donald Trump’s administration will end in one of two ways. Either, a) the President with be arrested or impeached, or b) the United States will declare war against a weaker,...
View ArticleThe fallacy behind boycotting businesses
In a time and age of heightened commercialisation, business and politics have become inseparably mixed together. The simplest example of this is the fact that current US President Donald Trump is...
View ArticleA sympathetic view of Milo Yiannopoulos
In the summer of 2016, a friend and I thought it would be interesting to go and see Milo Yiannopoulos talk at an event in London. If you are familiar with Yiannopoulos, you would not have found it...
View ArticleIslamic impact of Saudi King’s Indonesia visit
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrived in Indonesia on the 1st of March for a state visit. The royal was joined by an enormous convoy of 800 delegates, 620 staff and over 450 tonnes...
View ArticleNewfound popularity for President Bush
The popularity of former US President George W. Bush appears to be recovering. After publishing a book of his paintings of military veterans, which quickly became a bestseller, Bush appeared as a guest...
View ArticleA defence of irony
My voice is said to sound ironic. Often, if I attempt to console someone it sounds like I am taking the piss. If I tell someone I love them it seems insincere and also as if I am taking the piss. I...
View ArticleMartin McGuinness: Peace-broker or dealer in death?
Martin McGuinness passed away this past week at the age of 66. There is no doubt that the majority of the reactions to the news of the death have been controversial. He is seen as either a peace-broker...
View ArticleThe Sikh Kirpan and Italy: Religious freedom or a threat to security?
The Italian Supreme Court has recently ruled against a Sikh migrant carrying a ceremonial knife in public. News of this are travelling all around the world, raising serious questions about respect,...
View ArticleManchester attacks: “I am writing this as a Muslim, a woman, a mother”
As you can probably tell from my name, I am an Arab, I am a Muslim and I am not British. The aim of this article is not to state that Islam is a religion of peace, nor to say that all these terrorist...
View ArticleDon’t call the alt-right losers, call them racists
Earlier this month, an assortment of Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia carrying Swastika flags and Tiki Torches, and allegedly chanted “Blood and Soil”, and “Jews...
View ArticleSummer 2017 Review: Westeros vs. The West Wing
It is that time of year again when Game of Thrones hands us back our lives. And I hope you’ll agree this was the weakest season to date. The fact that it moved everyone on from talking about that ‘Love...
View ArticleThe defiance of secession – Catalan independence
We are coming up to 80 years since the publication of George Orwell’s ‘Homage to Catalonia’, in which he described Barcelona as “a town where the working class was in the saddle … There was much in it...
View ArticleFailures of the West’s counter-terrorism strategy
“Our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and defeated.” These are the words of George W....
View ArticleAmerica shows its true colours
Like many avid American Football fans last night, I tuned into the BBC’s NFL This Week, eager and apprehensive as to whether the show would substantially deal with the urgent racial inequalities...
View ArticleCatalan referendum: illegal protest or reclaiming a homeland?
Sunday the 1st of October saw Catalans take to the polling stations to vote on whether they wanted to break from Spain and become an independent republic. Considered illegal by the EU and denied...
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