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Elections, elections, elections

by • 14th May 2018

Scott Houghton assesses the value of local elections, and if students should be more engaged...

Intervention, again!

by • 30th April 2018

Scott Houghton. Joe Holloran & Jamie Cameron discuss the UK missile strikes on Syria....

Oxfam: A Crisis of Moral Leadership?

by • 27th February 2018

After revelations about sexual exploitation at Oxfam, our writers discuss charitable principles and the role of government...

Soapboxes

by • 19th February 2018

Comment’s home of rants; weird, wonderful, weekly....

Bercow attracts biggest public lecture audience in 20 years

by • 13th February 2018

Here's the lowdown on John Bercow's visit to Newcastle...

Former PM Gordon Brown visits Newcastle

by • 27th November 2017

Last Friday, the 17th of November, the former Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Newcastle University to promote his new book My Life, Our Times. With all proceeds from the book...

Exploitation, Exploitation, Exploitation

by • 6th November 2017

Scott Houghton suggests a radical change to help combat worker exploitation in the food industry....

Is history repeating itself?

by • 27th February 2017

With the ascendence of far-right populist politics, Scott Houghton explores parallels with the pre-war world of the 1930s....

What’s in store for 2017?

by • 12th December 2016

This year seems to have been a rotten year for Western democracies. Populists and demagogues have made strides forward in Britain, America, France, Italy and elsewhere. Citizens...