Monthly Archives: December 2012 »
Merry Christmas from The Backbencher
Merry Christmas from us all at The Backbencher! We are off now for the holidays, but we will be back on the 2nd of January! We will be changing a few things to
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Gun control: the Right way
Once again a tragic shooting in the United States has torn apart a community and resulted in a terrible loss of life. The cries did fall silent before the usual suspects this side
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Oi! Who Are You Calling Feminist?
Ashley Perks tries to determine whether or not men can call themselves ‘feminists’. I WOULD like you to stand on a chair and shout ‘I AM A FEMINIST!’ – not my words: Caitlin Moran’s, in
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Rethinking populism in contemporary Europe
In contemporary Europe, populism has fused with agendas of anti-immigration, minority nationalism, Euroscepticism, anti-Islam and welfare chauvinism. Tackling those issues and tackling populism are different matters By Paul Taggart* In Europe, the combination of
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Forced marriage app – treating the cause or the symptoms?
Iram Ramzan questions the effectiveness of the ‘Forced Marriage’ app This week, the Freedom Charity, together with the Metropolitan Police, launched a new smartphone app to help young people who may be at risk of
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Ethics And Capitalism In Society
Victoria Monro questions the ethics of banking, the morality of capitalism and society’s perspectives. WHEN the financial crisis hit, everyone was in a rush to blame the banks for exercising vice not virtue, for
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Tina Brown and the Fall of the House of Newsweek.
Kayleigh Donaldson takes Tina Brown down. THE 31st of December will herald the publication of the final print edition of Newsweek, as it makes the transition to a dully digital format http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/newsweek-prepares-for-final-issue_n_2347489.html?utm_hp_ref=media . The
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Like death and taxes, you can always count on a Tube Strike at Christmas
Charlie Winch, I wrote a similar article to this almost a year ago to the day, and it seems I can reel the same old rant out again, because like death and taxes, you
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BBCQT 06/12/2012
Naomi Clugston, “We’re all in this together”: the latest tag line of the coalition that accompanies Osbourne’s autumn statement. MP Andy Burnham described the tag line on BBCQT as one of the most “deceptive”
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Now Look Here:The World Has Already Ended!
‘Professor’ Toby Richards Challenges ‘End-of-The-World’ claims. NOW look here: Finally, one is released from Purgatory to get away to the Country Residence for a brief spell of Seasonal Jollification, though I for one remain sceptical. It
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