• IMPACT EXCLUSIVE: An Interview with Lilian Greenwood MP

    Local MP Lilian Greenwood: “Brexit is having a chilling effect on our universities”. Having resigned from being Shadow Secretary of State for Transport after the EU referendum result, Lilian Greenwood is under no illusions of the problems facing not only Labour, but the UK as a whole. For her...
  • Alex Moore: “This is a time for optimism, not just for Tory members, but for the country as a whole”

    No sooner has the result of the EU referendum just about sunk in, we now have a new Prime Minister, after initially being told we would have to wait until September to settle on David Cameron’s successor. And the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, wasn’t keen on hanging around....
  • Theresa May: Nationalism’s New Hero

    This week Tommy Robinson, former leader of the Community Service stampede that is the English Defence League, is to speak at the Durham Union. This is a serious departure for a man who changed his name from Stephen Lennon, presumably because it didn’t sound racist enough. With the EDL...
  • They Have Enough Egg on Their Faces…

    If you are looking for a sure fire way to totally undermine a highly legitimate argument, then it seems the slinging of popular breakfast items is a good start. Why not follow it up by spitting on a journalist or perhaps indulging in a hint of name calling? “Tory...
  • Understanding Privatisation and the National Health Service

    Privatisation, as a word and a concept, is saturated with ideological tension and negative connotations. There is no wonder that we struggle to understand what it actually means. It has been wielded by the left of politics to convey everything apparently capitalist and greedy about the Conservative and other...
  • Nottingham South general election candidates questions by students

    Students gathered on Thursday evening at the Keighton Auditorium for The Big Debate, organised by URN and The Politics Society. All of Nottingham South’s general elections candidates debated questions sent in from students as well as points from the floor. The candidates were: Lillian Greenwood MP for Labour and...