Poppy

by | Nov 10, 2010 | politics

As usual at this time of year, the strangled scream of one more fool arguing in favour of not wearing a poppy for remembrance day can be heard, faintly filling the end of a slow news day, usually on Channel 4. That some people decide not to wear a poppy is fine....

USI demonstration a triumph

by | Nov 4, 2010 | Ireland

The Union of Students in Ireland yesterday held an impressive protest against proposed cuts to student welfare and increases in fees to attend universities and colleges in Ireland.  The Union brought out some 25,000 students and their supporters onto the streets of...

Wikileaks isn’t information freedom

by | Oct 24, 2010 | politics

One of the most important things students learn when studying the media is that, often, the decision of an editor or proprietor to, or not to, publish or broadcast a particular story places immense power in the hands of that person. Often the mainstream media enjoys...

Spending policy should not mean but simply be.

by | Oct 19, 2010 | politics

There is nothing either particularly logical or elegant about the embodiment of the basic economic problem in the Guns versus Butter conundrum, but there’s probably a well established way to pay someone through taxpayer cash to paint a picture of it or commit...