Massive multi national corporations generate BILLIONS in revenue every single year, yet routinely we see stories (such as the Google tax row from early this year) of said corporations paying absolute peanuts in tax, but have you ever wondered how they get away with it? This brilliant video by Greens EFA perfectly highlights how, in …more…
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Junior Doctors – What The Hell Is This All About?!
Junior doctors are in the midst of strike action to unprecedented levels for NHS workers, but what the hell is this all about? The Health secretary Jeremy Cun- (sorry, it’s a reflex), Jeremy Hunt wants to redraft junior doctor’s contracts. Currently, ‘sociable’ working hours for junior doctors is 7AM to 7PM, meaning hours worked within …more…
What does the Royal Family mean to you?
The world is a funny place. It appears that indoctrinated worship and devotion in Asia is cruel, ruthless and dictatorial, but celebrated and expected over here…? Ok, admittedly, I’m getting slightly carried away. But the parallels between our Royal’s (‘long to reign over us’) and the Kim dynasty, who have ruled North Korea since the late 1940’s, …more…
Making A Murderer – A Damning Indictment of Where We’ve Gotten
Everyone’s a detective. Right now, the world seems awash with crime thrillers. I must’ve been informed I SIMPLY NEED to watch around 18 different Scandi noirs. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good whodunit, but it does seem a tad over kill. Needless to say, when someone recommended the Netflix original series, Making A …more…
Does Money Make You Mean?
The good people at ‘TED’ have done it again. Watch here as social psychologist Paul Piff analyses the psychological effect that wealth has on us as humans. Piff uses various experiments on social behaviour, such as a rigged game of monopoly, to show us how we psychologically change with how much money/how successful we become. …more…
Why The Autumn Statement Is Classist Warfare
For as long as I can remember, The Conservatives have always battled against the ‘posh boy’ stigma. You know the one. ‘Tories are all privileged, private schooled toffs who don’t really know how the world works for actual, normal, working people.’ Well, if you had any doubts, the spending review cemented that theory. As the …more…
Syria’s War: Whose Fighting Who
The sheer volume of news stories regarding the Syrian conflict can be overwhelming. With so many seemingly contradictory stories coming out of the region, it may seem impossible to keep up with the political shit storm being fuelled by the Global Superpowers. Luckily for you, this video exists. Ezra Klein’s 5-minute animation briefly summarises the …more…
Why The UK’s Youngest MP Is So Important
Mhairi Black shocked the political world when at the 2015 General Election, she won the Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency for the SNP, from Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander. In a night of SNP domination in Scotland, 20 year old student Mhairi Black’s comprehensive victory over one of British politics most senior figures, symbolised …more…