Parliamentary Studies to be rolled out across 24 Universities
A course, to be adopted by 24 UK Universities, teaching students about how British parliament works, will run between the 2018/19- 2023/24 academic years. Since the five-year contracts with the 20 institutions who previously ran the programme are ending this summer, parliament re-opened applications to the new universities this year....
The UK appoints the world’s first suicide prevention minister.
“Too many suffer in silence” in the UK which has led to Jackie Doyle-Price being appointed as the new suicide prevention minister. Revealed on Wednesday 10th October 2018, she will be responsible for combatting the UK’s mental health crisis. The appointment marks World Mental Health Day, and will result...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa Set To Win Zimbabwe Presidential Elections
It looks like President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to win the first election Zimbabwe has held since President Mugabe was forced to resign in 2017. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has revealed that out of the 210 seats in the National Assembly’s lower house, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF)...
Review: “Changing the World, One Wall at a Time”
“Changing the World, One Wall at a Time” was an evocative documentary, with a powerful message. The “Changing the World, One Wall at a Time” screening took place at the Tabernacle, Notting Hill, on July 29th. The central focus of the documentary was “The Education is Not a Crime” campaign,...
What does the Irish border issue mean for law firms?
Reporting by Simran Malhi Theresa May’s visit to Northern Ireland last week came after she gave a legal guarantee that there will be no customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom after Brexit. The Prime Minister declared at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, “the economic and constitutional...
Trump takes to Twitter to slam EU for Google fine
Donald Trump has taken to Twitter once again, attacking the EU decision to fine Google for using ‘anti-competitive’ practices. The President tweeted: “I told you so! The European Union just slapped a Five Billion Dollar fine on one of our great companies, Google. They truly have taken advantage of the...
Screening of the 2017 Harlem International Film Festival documentary, “Changing the World, One Wall at a Time,” on July 29th 2018
The screening of the Street Art documentary, “Changing the World, One Wall at a Time,” will take place at The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, on July 29th 2018 at 6pm. Tickets cost £7. The documentary explores one of the world’s largest street art and human rights campaigns, Education Is Not A...
Runway Casualty: Greg Hands MP
PARLIAMENT has a habit of drawing together unlikely bedfellows. On June 26th, an old-school Thatcherite and a socialist who lists one of his hobbies as “fermenting the overthrow of capitalism” were two of the 119 MPs opposed to the motion to build a third runway at Heathrow. Unfortunately for Greg...
Legal backlash over Vote Leave
Whistleblowers have levied accusations that Vote Leave broke electoral law during the Brexit referendum. The Electoral Commission have accused Vote Leave of exceeding their spending limit, not accounting for all invoices and receipts, providing inaccurate figures for their campaign expenditure and not following protocol for a statutory notice. The allegations...
Women’s March
This Sunday, June 10, marks the 100 year anniversary of the first British women gaining the right to vote, and over 27,000 women are expected to take part in a uniquely artistic march through London to celebrate. The march has been entitled Processions, and the women participating will start on...
