Goodbye Prime Minister; let’s save Pieminister
By the time you read this, Margaret Thatcher will have been laid to rest in London. Whether or not you consider yourself an Iron Lady loyalist, her funeral will mark…
No confidence means no confidence
Last year, our tutors and lecturers sent out a resounding message of no confidence in David Willetts. On Friday, 9th November, he is being welcomed back, on a shared platform,…
Catalysing change in South Africa’s platinum mines
Extreme violence has characterised the world of South Africa’s mines no less than the hulking metal headgears and yellow mine dumps dotted around Johannesburg – icons of a nasty, brutish…
Decision 2012: America’s affair with foreign policy
If there’s one thing that the US knows well, it’s how to make an election last. The primaries, debates, sound-bites and talking points all combine to extend the mudfight of…
HFL: Having a F*cking Laugh
This time last term, Oxford’s historians frolicked in their previous History Faculty Library (HFL), the Old Indian Institute, at the end of Catte Street. But there was a major problem:…
OUSU’s recent polling disaster distracts from the real issue
Thousands of Freshers are being welcomed to Oxford right now, many of whom are bound to be a little bit uncomfortable with the news that OUSU has just been awarded…
Beyond the Paralympics: The Crisis in Disability Welfare
Two major events happened in the world of disability this week: firstly, the Paralympic opening ceremony, and secondly, a protest by disabled people outside the Atos headquarters in central London,…
On student unions and Israeli apartheid
“We are free today in this land because so many of our friends throughout the world supported us… [Students] were able to change the moral compass in your country…” Nobel…
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