Let Bygones Be Bygones
After a spate of demands for compensation or the return of artefacts, it is time for the United Kingdom to stand up for its history. The empire upon which the sun never sets has...
Category: YouthVoice
Our Unhealthy Silence on Mental Health
After Ken Livingstone’s recent remarks, Westminster must take serious action on mental health issues. Hardly a week passes without a political figure making a controversial remark, and last week’s comments from the former Mayor...
Baby Faced Electorate: The Case Against Votes at 16
After the House of Lords voted to extend the franchise for the EU Referendum, Matt Gillow says that 16- and 17-year-olds should not get the vote. The big domestic news of the week comes...
No-One Should Have a Licence to Kill
If the government goes ahead with shoot-to-kill, we will only make martyrs of terrorists and monsters of ourselves. Britain identifies itself as a country of tolerance, freedom and respect. These are the British values...
Not My Feminism
Fiona Sullivan condemns the hostility of some feminists towards transgender people. One of the most prominent pioneers of second wave feminism, Germaine Greer, recently came under fire for transphobic comments she made regarding famous...
You Won’t Silence Me
Matt Gillow argues that free speech is more than just a human right; it’s an essential part of democracy. People get offended. It’s a fact of life. People get offended about politics, people get...
Making their Mark
Following a record-breaking campaign by the UK Youth Parliament to encourage young people to vote for issues they care about, Emily Hawkins reports on how Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) are engaging and representing...
The Power in a Peaceful Protest
Last week saw the Million Mask March in London. Protests such as these do protesters no favours. There has always been power in protests – that’s why they exist. Protests give the public a...
The Royals: A Bastion of British Heritage
Jeremy Corbyn, a lifelong republican, will be sworn into the Privy Council this week. Matt Gillow considers whether he has a point. Yes, we could elect a politician or celebrity to represent our sense of...
Fees Fi Fo Fum
In response to Jasmine Bennett’s defence of tuition fees, Ross Baxter lambasts the principle of paying for higher education. Today thousands of students are expected to march in London for free education. For a...
An Upper Chamber Worth Voting For
Amidst what some are calling a “constitutional crisis”, Joseph Ward says that we need the House of Lords and we should be looking at ways to save it. Lords reform clearly is not the...
Why University Shouldn’t Be Free
In an ideological world, having no tuition fees would be lovely. However, if something costs us, we’re much more likely to make sure it’s worth its while. As of 2015, there has been a...
Save my BBC
As one of the most well-respected and cherished services of our country, we cannot leave the BBC in the hands of reformers with commercial interests at heart. The BBC: a corporation spanning eight major...
Uber: Driving Progress
London cabbies will be hurt by Uber, but they mustn’t stand in the way of consumer freedom and market democracy. On 16 October 2015, the High Court ruled that smartphone ride-sharing app Uber does...
One Nation Under Surveillance
New writer Matt Gillow lambasts the “Snooper’s Charter” as a full frontal physical assault on the liberty of us all. Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than...
Ethical Consumerism? I Don’t Buy It
Consumer power is a popular myth that a lot of people buy into, but it is also a dangerous one. The concept of ethical consumerism has gained momentum in recent years, to the point...
Has the environment bagged itself a victory?
As the government begins the implementation of the 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England, Azza Ghaidouni examines just what effect this tariff will have, and how the Conservative government is doing as...
Vive la Révolution Verte!
Looking at how energy is currently produced, Ross Baxter calls for a greater emphasis on sustainable energy production by individuals. We currently live in a society where the power resides in the hands of...
Sex work is just work
Prostitution is not technically illegal, but it might as well be unless something changes. Sex sells, or so we’re told, and you can see it everywhere: on billboards, in magazines, even at the cinema....
Don’t be so Blunt, Legalise Cannabis
Cannabis is lighting up the world stage, raising interesting questions for many societies. It’s high time we legalised the stuff. Tackling the drug of many names has proved a difficult task for governments and...
