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Opinion: The environmental cost of fashion

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 By Dionne Herbet

We are all aware of the looming climate catastrophe that faces the world. The crisis has – for several years now – been

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#Gender #Latest

Opinion: Same face, but repackaged? ‘Toxic masculinity’ as a tool of the ‘Hetero-patriarchy’

November 21, 2021December 4, 2021 By Gus Kingsley-Anderson

Disclaimer – In the following piece, I will be referring to ‘being male’ to conceptualise how ‘toxic masculinity’ operates and its effects within

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#British #Latest #Politics

Opinion: The ‘Red Wall’ — the daftest phrase in politics

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 By Daniel Chappel

Featured Image: ‘The Red Brick Wall‘ by José Mamona on Flickr is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (link to license deed). Link to

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Opinion: Vaccine mandates are not how the UK should do things.

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 By Rachael Powell

Remember when Boris Johnson reassured the public that ‘it is no part of our culture or our ambition in this country to make vaccines mandatory

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Why the Owen Paterson scandal is an attack on our democracy

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 By Alisha Haley

The actions of Owen Paterson have been endlessly analysed in the media over the past couple of weeks, but the real scandal is

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Opinion: Should we all be ‘meat free’?

November 14, 2021April 9, 2022 By Maisie Franklin

As of the moment I write this article, we have 7 years, 251 days, 16 hours, 19 minutes and 47 seconds before the effects of

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Sleaze- the end of the Conservative’s rule?

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 By Ollie Allen

To many people, politics and corruption are synonymous: two sides of the same coin. The UK is no stranger to this perception, with

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#Latest #Local #Politics

Exeter’s political parties: factional friends

November 11, 2021November 11, 2021 By Daniel Chappel

Featured Image: ‘House of Commons: MPs debate 2013 Queen’s Speech‘ by Catherine Bebbington (Parliamentary Copyright) from UK Parliament on Flickr is licensed under

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Opinion: can you consent to conversion therapy?

November 10, 2021November 8, 2021 By Rachael Powell

So-called conversion therapy has been subject to recent controversy, raising questions surrounding consent and freedom to religious expression. The government has been criticised

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#Latest #Middle East #World

Opinion: Israel’s Imprisonment of Conscientious Objectors

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 By Lauren Taylor

Israeli citizen Shahar Perets, 19, was recently jailed for the third time for repeatedly refusing to join the Israeli military, the Israel Defense

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