As we get to within two weeks of the centenary of the end of the First World War, and what stand to be the biggest Armistice Day celebrations since the […]
Tag: Britain
Report from the York Union: This House Believes Britain Needs Socialism
Since the rise of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, socialism is a term that has risen to prominence in the national consciousness. Some see the gains that Labour made in […]
Women’s enfranchisement 100 years on: How much has really changed?
In February 1918, the government of the United Kingdom passed the Representation of the People Act. This initial step towards full voting rights for women, entitled women over 30 who […]
Enjoy the Moggmania while it lasts
Jacob Rees-Mogg has acquired something of a cult following. The uncannily old-fashioned Member of Parliament for North East Somerset could have been frozen in time at the turn of the twentieth […]
2017 UK General Election – Liveblog!
The Yorker is on campus as the polling ends and the results are counted. Who will form a government? Keep an eye on our livestream for reports, comments from The Yorker‘s team […]
May’s debate absence has cost the Conservatives dearly
Recent polling brings a hopeful vision of the future for the Labour Party. The enormous Conservative lead is shrinking. Last week it got down to a single-digit figure. Of course, […]
Afterthoughts of the Manchester attack
The suicide bombing at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester Arena on Monday 22nd May was the worst terror attack in Britain since the 7/7 bombings in London in 2005. The […]
Reid’s Reads: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant is chiefly the tale of an elderly couple, Axl and Beatrice, who depart from their home in order to find their son in sub-Roman Britain (c. 410-500). As […]
Obituary: Rabbi Lionel Blue
Rabbi Lionel Blue, who has long been a familiar voice for listeners of BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, died on Monday at the age of 86. “Delivering [his] monologues in a […]