Last week’s York Union panel event focused on the themes of rising culture and politics of fear in Western politics and how this led to Donald Trump’s unexpected victory in […]
Category: Europe
Brexit – Has Boris been outplayed?
When David Cameron announced on the morning of the 24th of June that he would be stepping down as Prime Minister, it seemed like game over for Remain supporters. He […]
Report from The York Union: Lord Bilimoria: On Lager and Lordship
On Tuesday 14th June, the York Union hosted the founder of Cobra Beer and independent crossbencher, Lord Karan Bilimoria, as part of York’s Festival of Ideas. The event saw Lord […]
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Report from The York Union: Stephen Woolfe MEP: The Futures of Britain and UKIP
For some voters, a mixed-race candidate for UKIP doesn’t quite add up. “UKIP? But they’re against immigrants, aren’t they?” one might say. This is not true, says Stephen Woolfe, the MEP […]
Brexit: propping up the ladder
In his 2003 book Kicking Away the Ladder, Ha-Joon Chang argues poorer countries are being prevented from using the same policies that rich countries used in their development. Large economic blocs […]
Brexit: Is Britain safer in or out of the European Union?
The issue of security has played a major role in the Brexit debate so far, but has gained even more momentum following the recent terror attacks in Brussels that left […]
The religious motivations of ISIS
Following the multiple catastrophes in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, there has been plenty of discussion on the topic of the perpetrators of these acts of inhumanity, the Islamic State. In […]
The world’s most powerful woman
These days, you don’t hear about many big European political stories that don’t involve Angela Merkel. For the fifth year running, Angela Merkel has been named the most powerful woman in […]
What if Hitler had won? Counterfactual History
What if Hitler had decided to postpone his invasion of Russia in 1941 or had been successful in defeating Stalin before the Russian winter hit hard? Would we all […]