Is this what modern Spanish democracy looks like at its worst?
On 15 March 2011, Arab Spring demonstrators were marching on the streets of Damascus, Syria, for the first time demanding democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners. It wouldn’t take...
View ArticleAmerica vs. North Korea: who really misses out?
The ongoing feud between North Korea and America is not necessarily a recent one. The Kim family has despised America for many years, however, the disagreement seems to have progressed recently from a...
View ArticleEU: Friend or Foe?
On Friday the 13th of October, the Chancellor Phillip Hammond declared the European Union “the enemy” in an interview with Sky News. Instantly being criticised online for his term of phrase, the day...
View ArticleAnother look at the Balfour Declaration
Our university has come under criticism over the decision to host a ceremony, organised by Manchester’s Jewish community, commemorating the controversial Balfour Declaration. Some students have called...
View ArticleThe rise of the AfD proves that Germany isn’t immune from right-wing populism
Germany is divided, the two largest parties licking their wounds and removing the daggers from their backs. Both received their worst political performances since 1949. The Alternative for Germany...
View ArticleWill December’s election call an end to the Catalan chaos?
Catalonia’s fight for independence has catapulted Spain into its most devastating political crisis for half a century. Not only does an election present a chance to make Madrid’s nightmare of handing...
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Mancunians celebrate end of Mugabe’s reign
On the 21st of November, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s only president since independence in 1980, stepped down after an eight-day military takeover of his office. Mugabe is said to be one of the most...
View ArticleThe Catalonian Crisis is a blessing in disguise for Mariano Rajoy
On the 1st of October, Catalonia voted in a historic referendum on whether to be an independent nation and break away from Spain, on a turnout of 43 percent. 92 percent voted in favour of Catalonian...
View ArticleThe SPD have a choice: radical reform or terminal decline
In the halls and corridors of the Reichstag building, Germany’s second largest political force, the Social Democrats are traipsing around, discussing their future. Germany’s second largest and eldest...
View ArticleTrump’s revolution
In 2016, Donald Trump became the new flag bearer for Populism around the world. He has made Populism, bigger, badder and more American. When Trump walked into the White House as President on the 20th...
View ArticleDonornomics: An analysis of the Republican Tax Bill
The US Senate passed the Republican tax bill 51–49 in the early hours of December 2nd, 2017. The bill is the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax code in decades and marks the first major legislative...
View Article‘The Devil’s Dung’: why Christianity should be progressive
Manchester is arguably one of the UK’s most left-wing cities, and yet opposite the university’s main campus is Holy Name Catholic church, dominating part of Oxford Road. It’s a beautiful building both...
View ArticleItaly’s awakening
On the 4th of March, Italians will vote in a closely watched election that will no doubt shake the European Union and be seen as another test of the anti-establishment populist forces in Europe. 2017...
View ArticleBig, bad Vlad
It has almost been 27 years since the USSR collapsed and Russia, as we know it today, emerged onto the world scene. It was in the year 2000 that Vladimir Putin took power as president of the Russian...
View ArticleBrexit: not my vote
The referendum result for Brexit may have taken place over a year and a half ago, but remainers still feel the bitter pang of rejection as if it were yesterday. This is true for students in particular...
View ArticleAngela Merkel: Die Überlebende (The Survivor)
Despite the stories being flung around by the media and analysts, Angela Merkel, the ‘Queen of Europe’, still has a vast amount of both power and influence. Angela Merkel has been German Chancellor...
View ArticleThe return of Mitt
In the state of Utah, politics is usually quite boring. However, while the state will without doubt remain a Republican stronghold, what is different in this wave of upcoming 2018 mid-term elections is...
View ArticleShifting sands: the future of EU-Africa relations
The European Affairs society hosted a fascinating talk on Wednesday the 21st of February about the future of EU-African relations. With the advent of Brexit in the coming years, informing ourselves on...
View ArticleAmerica’s incurable illness
Last year, Donald Trump asserted that the gun-related tragedies striking his country were the result of a “mental health problem at the highest level”. He probably didn’t see how this could be...
View ArticleA liberal for Romney
A blue wave in this year’s midterm elections might very well be coming, but Utah, despite the hope ignited by the Democratic miracle in Alabama last year, will not turn blue. Romney, a former...
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