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Should we be bombing ISIS?
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Inevitably, when deciding which plan of action would be best to employ against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), it will be difficult to isolate recent …
UKIP. A neglected threat?
Politically uniformed voters have just as much power at the ballot box as those supposedly ‘in the know’. To ignore this basic fact is to underestimate the ‘rule of the …
Why does the UK needs to submit to the anti-IS ‘war’ effort?
To suggest that the UK Coalition government has been hesitant in involving itself in the current attempts to defeat Islamic State is an understatement. An inability to go beyond verbal …
The forgotten Casualties: the overlooked cost of war
By the end of 2014, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops stationed in Afghanistan will leave the country. Indeed, after almost 13 years of war, the combat troops …
Playground tactics: Why the UK should stand up to China
There has is a tragic wave of self-immolations in Tibet that have overshadowed David Cameron’s first official visit to China. Since February 2011, more than 120 Tibetans have lit their …
A New Year, But I Think We Should See Other People – Scotland’s attempt to break up with United Kingdom
The Scottish First Minister Alexander Salmond has named September 18th, 2014 to be the day that Scotland’s residents will take to the polls. On that day it will be decided …
A Tiny Earthquake: Why Nigel Farage’s Thursday speech gives hope to Britain’s pro-EU campaigners
An interesting change in the British Eurosceptic discourse emerged at Nigel Farage’s public lecture at LSE yesterday (23.01.14). While little must be said about the event itself (yes, Farage is …
Scroungers? I Beg To Differ….
Quite often and, rather unfortunately, the discussion surrounding immigration to the UK is imbued with outward resentment, nationalist sentiments and to some extent, xenophobic undertones. However the notion expressed by …
You’re not welcome
Sitting in a popular Japanese restaurant in Soho, London, I was enjoying a bowlful of soba noodles and an old friend’s company. She is currently interning at a consultancy and …
Not Another Housing Bubble, Please
This week at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, Chancellor George Osborne announced the early implementation of the extended Help to Buy housing scheme, rather than waiting until the scheduled start …