Uncategorized Dear Britain, Don’t Sell Yourselves Short 10 May 201710 May 2017 Almost every single day, I wake up and wonder how we got here. How did the Tories manage to convinced huge swathes of the population that they are out to…
Politics The Problem with Telling Piers Morgan to Fuck Off 25 Feb 201725 Feb 2017 Piers Morgan is much like many of the “Trump apologists” that have been labelled and lambasted by the left wing. He will dispute very specific points of any argument that…
Uncategorized What I Have Realised About Trump and Brexit 14 Dec 20161 Mar 2017 I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of months becoming increasingly depressed about the state of the world. Brexit came and went with a campaign full…
Uncategorized Overturning Citizen’s United: Why It’s Important To Get Money Out Of Politics 7 Oct 201628 Dec 2016 Money in politics isn't an issue that divides people, it isn't divisive in the way abortion or gun rights are. Citizens United vs FEC made it legal for there to be no…
Politics Ideological Turing Test: More Important Than Ever? 4 Oct 20164 Oct 2016 For this post I decided to do something a little different. Instead of talking about politics I wanted to talk about a concept that I found watching Joe Scott on…
Uncategorized The British Media: Why So Blue? 2 Oct 2016 Before the result was even announced the inevitable result was being bemoaned, "Labour can't win a general election with Corbyn" "the party is finished" etc etc. Just over a year ago…
Uncategorized What Hillary Clinton Just Doesn’t Get 1 Oct 20162 Oct 2016 There is a fantastic video that Vox produced (watch it here), that assesses how Hillary Clinton would govern as commander in chief. It took a long look at why she has…
Politics Conservatives: Why Are You So Worried? 30 Sep 20161 Oct 2016 The Conservatives have had a very odd reaction to the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader (a man who technically has a greater mandate to govern that Theresa May),…
Politics Presidential Debate #1: 5 Best Moments for Each Candidate 28 Sep 201630 Sep 2016 Though Monday night’s debate was unlikely to swing decided voters, it was seen as a crucial moment in this bizarre election campaign. Perhaps more so than the debates in any…
Politics Why is applying ethical standards in media critical to our modern day society? 26 Sep 201626 Sep 2016 In a perfect world, the media are the guiding hand of society. They are the unofficial 4th branch of government; holding the House and Executive to account in a way…