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LATEST ARTICLES ( 72 )

• I'm Not a Fan of Teenagers, I Am Definitely Not a Fan of Being Outsmarted by...

  

  How can it be that GCSE and A Level results have grown exponentially since the exams began?How on earth is this possible? There is an exceptional amount of proo... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Hot and Bothered

  I love Boris Johnson's reaction to The Sun publishing pictures of a naked Prince Harry:"I think it'd be disgraceful if a chap wasn't allowed to have a bit of fu... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Free Love, Please?

  2 couples are the same, they are completely in love, they want to get married. One couple is gay, one is straight. One can 'marry'. One cannot.This is what... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 LGBTQ, SOCIETY

• Long Time No Blog Update, Well Here It Is:

  I have found a job and a flat! There was a blog post building up in my for a while about the injustice/discrimination of people not allowing people on benefits... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "War is the Trade of Kings." John Dryden

  Here is Bandi Mbubi's thought-provoking speech from TEDxEXETER. He raises a very important question which I think we have all overlooked, we demand fair trade... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It's Not Possible to Fight Fire with Fire, but It is Possible to Put It out...

  I've waited a while before I posted my comments on TEDxEXETER which happened on April 20th 2012 because I wanted to wait until the videos of the talks were on... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Blood Iphone

  

  I'm currently working on a website for the campaign: Congo Calling. This campaign flourished in the wake of Bandi Mbubi's speech at TEDxExeter last Friday. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY, TECH

• "London is a Small Place, and It is Very Incestuous. People Know Where You...

  

  Interesting article by my former lecturer (Paul Behrens) on the Guardian Commentisfree website (here). He debates the ECHR's decision on whether Germany should... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Don't Care What The Weatherman Says, If The Weatherman Says It's Raining...

  

  Brilliant, typically 'The Sun' article this week, stating that nearly half of 'all Britons' want to move abroad. Although I dislike the fact that they're callin... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "I Learned the Value of Hard Work by Working Hard." Margaret Mead

  An interesting thought fluttered across my mind on the bus to work experience this morning, isn't the right to work a human right? Therefore, shouldn't the... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 'no Show'

  I missed the second episode of Riots and Revolutions on BBC Three and as such cannot find it anywhere on the internet now. (See first post here) If anyone... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "I Support Gay Marriage. I Believe They Have a Right to Be as Miserable as the...

  

  "Gay marriage is not a human right, according to European ruling"Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi's WeddingI have to completely disagree with this (click lin... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "Anyone Who Can Walk to the Welfare Office Can Walk to Work." Al Capp

  I have no shame in admitting I like to look nice when going to the job center. If I must be a statistic I refuse to be a stereotype as well. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Zuckerberg-Assange Paradox

  

  Thought-provoking picture above, if we all have a right to privacy as stated under Article 8 (see below) of the European Convention Of Human Rights then how com... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Tweet Tweet

  

  I'm looking for new people to follow on Twitter. I'm looking for my perfect match to be honest, I've tried searching, to no avail. So here's my personal ad:Youn... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 LOVE & SEX, SOCIAL MEDIA

• "A Riot is the Language of the Unheard." Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Just watched Riots and Revolutions: My Arab Journey, on BBC Iplayer. This BBC Three documentary is a really interesting insight into the revolutions of Egypt an... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In The News:

  

  Iran has best human rights record in the Muslim world: Salehi TEHRAN – Iran has the most successful record in terms of human rights among Muslim countries in th... Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 'Unemployment is Capitalism's Way of Getting You to Plant a Garden.' Orson...

  

  Today I 'signed on' (for Job Seekers Allowance, benefits, the dole... whatever you want to call it) for the first time ever. Never have I involuntarily been... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "My Lesbianism is an Act of Christian Charity. All Those Women out There...

  A boost for gay rights in South Africa? 4 men have been sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death an openly lesbian 19 year old woman.... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2012 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• To Be in Prison So Long, It's Difficult to Remember Exactly What You Did to Get...

  Life doesn’talways mean ‘life’ when it comes to prison sentences, it can mean 25 years, butoften less. However, when life does actually mean life (until death)... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 SOCIETY