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The Immigration Economy
I am now coming to the end of my course at the University of Westminster in Journalism. As many of you have probably noticed, this blog has not been a hive of activity for a couple of months now! However, … Continue reading
Wikileaks: Detrimental to security or provision of public information?
(N.B. Podcast of findings and comments at end of article) Wikileaks highlights a significant conflict between public interest and confidential information. Many of the documents Wikileaks has publicised over the past four years, have caused embarrassment to the US government. … Continue reading
Fire Fighters bring fight agasint cuts to Westminster
Fire fighters brought their fight against spending cuts to Westminster yesterday. More than 2,000 members of fire brigade units from across the country attended a parliamentary lobby in hope of forcing MPs against further cuts on the frontline, The Fire … Continue reading
Liberal Democrat heaquarters the target of future student force
Student activists have announced that they will target Liberal Democrat headquarters in the same way the Conservative headquarters were last week, according to the Press Association. The Education Activist Network has said that it will not rule out violence on … Continue reading
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Tory HQ victim of “peaceful” student protest
Students broke into the conservative headquarters yesterday afternoon as a national demonstration turned riotous. Violence: the site of Tory HQ as riot police try to control the chaos 52,000 students were demonstrating against the government’s decision … Continue reading
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The Pill: Promoting underage sex or preventing teen pregnancies?
There has always been a lot of controversy over the contraception and its availability to young girls. At the moment I am conducting research for a pitch for a feature as part of my course. At the time we were … Continue reading
Protest Damage
Since finding myself in the middle of the first violent outburst of students protesters against increased tuition fees, similar outcomes have resulted from further demonstrations and I fear it’s dampening their pledge. I’m all for student rights, but the … Continue reading →