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Nationalism in times of corona

by Tom Leach• 19th June 2020

From VE Day street parties to patriots protecting statues, Tom Leach discusses the role of nationalism during a national crisis....

The Coronavirus: More than just a disease

by Patrick Young• 11th February 2020

Late 2019 saw an outbreak of Coronavirus in China; the disease spreading globally shortly after and following through into the first few months of the new decade. This disease,...

Trump’s “peace” plan

by Patrick Young• 3rd February 2020

Patrick Young considers Trump's "Deal of the Century" for peace between Israel and Palestine...

Super Saturday: the People’s Vote March, Boris vs Bercow, and more Brexit delays

by Joe Andrews• 22nd October 2019

Joe Andrews reports the People's Vote March and the implications it may have for UK politics...

Being a record-breaking comedian “didn’t feel like anything”: Q&A with Daniel Sloss

by Joe Molander• 11th October 2019

Daniel Sloss is a stand-up comedian who got his start writing for Mock the Week at just sixteen years old. Known for his dark, unapologetic sense of humour, and now with two...

If the government doesn’t think it should abide by the law, then why should any of us?

by Matthew Petty• 27th September 2019

At 5.30am on Tuesday morning in New York, Boris Johnson awoke to find the Supreme Court’s damning verdict that he had encouraged the Queen to act in an unlawful manner and...

Fringe review: the People’s Boat

by Grace Dean• 28th August 2019

The title is, unsurprisingly, very representative of the play. The People’s Boat is about Brexit, is set at sea, and is full of puns. The comedy focuses on four Southerners who...

Boris Johnson’s rise to power: violent ideas become violent actions

by Jamie Cameron• 24th July 2019

The ruling class asks us to engage Boris Johnson on his personality and ‘ideas’, and followingly the mainstream media drools over the man’s life like a (relatively) fresh...