General Election

The total inclusion of women in the political debate is a prerequisite for a functional democracy. However, the means by which the Labour party has sought to achieve this end are inherently misguided. The “pink bus”, through which Labour has intended to connect with the female electorate, is condescending,...

The Notts Student’s Manifesto was launched on Thursday evening at Nottingham Trent’s Students’ Union. Students testified in support of the policies proposed in the manifesto, which has created jointly by the Students’ Unions at University of Nottingham (UoN), Nottingham Trent and New College Nottingham. The Manifesto’s purpose is to highlight key...

The political landscape is, frankly, muddled. The three big parties are widely distrusted; nationalists such as the SNP are the dominant force in devolved Britain; and the new political force of UKIP has won back-to-back by-elections. This is not to mention that opinion polls place Labour and Conservatives on...

The National Union of Students (NUS) has launched a new manifesto entitled ‘New Deal for the Next Generation’, which outlines policy demands Students’ Unions and the student movement will push for before the General Election on 7 May 2015. Education, work and community are the three areas being addressed,...

The Conservatives have recently announced plans to scrap the Human Rights Act, and could leave the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) in an attempt to give Parliament and British courts more powers over our human rights. This move would ostensibly also stop British laws from being overruled by...