• Sue Grey – too much of a liability for our new government?

    As many predicted, the top serving government job, held by the controversial long-serving civil servant Sue Grey has ended. Her divisive rise to the chief of staff heading up the most powerful government department has culminated in her silent departure, further highlighting the enigma of her career and her...
  • Brexit: The Perspective of a Student Studying in America

    Studying in America whilst the UK government has been imploding over Brexit has been a particularly unnerving experience. The confusion and despair many Brits are currently feeling, since Theresa May’s Brexit deal was declined by Parliament, has been amplified by the distance between the US and the UK. The...
  • How Political is UoN?

    A quick look at various University of Nottingham (UoN) Facebook pages will tell you that 53 students are part of the University’s Liberal Youth, 271 are members or supporters of Labour, and the Tories have a whopping 449 members on their Facebook page. But everybody knows that Facebook pages...
  • Are the Effects of Osborne’s National Living Wage being Exaggerated for Women?

    The government have this week claimed that more than three million women will increase their earnings as a result of George Osborne’s National Living Wage. However, this statement disguises the fact that most working females, despite a wage increase, stand to financially lose out due to tax increases and...