• Jacob Rees-Mogg Accuses PM Of Breaking His Word Over Scrapped EU Law Deadline

    Senior Tory backbenchers, including the former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, have expressed unhappiness with the government’s decision to remove the deadline for eliminating thousands of EU laws. Rees-Mogg believes that, by scrapping the laws, inflation would come down and the U.K.’s competitiveness would improve. Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes reports....
  • Britain Reaches Third Anniversary of Leaving the EU: UoN Students Respond

    Hannah Walton-Hughes On 31st January 2020, Britain left the European Union, following the referendum in 2016. Brexit is perhaps the most divisive political issue of our modern day and has received strong criticism but also much endorsement. Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes reports.  The Leave side of the Brexit argument ran...
  • Lord Heseltine Launches Scathing Attack On Brexit At Monica Patridge

    Lord Michael Heseltine, former Deputy PM, spoke in UoN's Monica Partridge building on Wednesday 3rd November as part of the Edward Heath Lecture Series, chaired by former Chancellor, Ken Clarke.  Felix Hawes reports on the Brexit lecture....
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    UK Hit By Widespread Food Shortages: Who Is To Blame?

    Lauren McGaun Over the past few weeks, images of bare supermarket shelves and severely substituted food deliveries have circulated across social media, adding to the fear of many consumers. KFC is one of the most recent food chains to add to this feeling of anguish, with many drawing similarities...
  • The Loss Of Erasmus: A Mistake, Or An Opportunity?

    Abbie Turner As a language student, I think the new Turing scheme holds exciting opportunities for UK students to participate in study or work placements all around the world. However, it is hard to make an informed decision about whether the loss of the Erasmus+ scheme is a mistake...
  • The Problem With Referendums

    Before I delve into the murky pit of decisiveness that calls itself the Brexit referendum, I feel I must first preface this argument with the statement that I am no great fan of the European Union. While I, like most sensible liberals, support many of the economic and immigratory...
  • Is Nationalism the Answer to Fighting Coronavirus?

    ‘Other than rationing – which we don’t have – it all feels very similar, really.’ Said our very own Captain Tom, a 96-year-old neighbour, former royal correspondent at the Telegraph and World War II veteran. Still, Tom walks four miles a day to keep healthy and (before lockdown) would...