UK Election Conundrum: So Many Candidates, So Little Choice

British Prime Minister Theresa May dropped a huge bomb a few weeks ago, calling for general elections. Therefore, the next UK election will be held on Thursday 8th June 2017, despite the fact that it wasn’t originally scheduled to take place until 2020. If you’re an ideological liberal like me, then you may find it […] Read more

Atrocities: Coming to Terms With Our Past Isn’t So Easy

It’s easy to point out the failings of others; it’s harder to do so for the failings in ourselves. There was a recent poll which showed that almost a majority of people in the UK see the British Empire favourably, reminding us that coming to terms with the atrocities of the past is incredibly difficult. […] Read more

Unfortunately 100 is Small Pickings for Ramzan Kadyrov

LGBT activist groups and human rights watch organisations are uncovering the systematic targeting of homosexual men in Chechnya. Distressingly, there are reports of prison camps in which gay men are being murdered. Chechnya’s current leader, Kadyrov, has made a number of statements that could be interpreted as either utterly delusional, or duplicitous and poorly calculated. […] Read more