Mein Kampf and offensive censorship
A national bookstore recommends Mein Kampf to its customers…so what’s the problem? By way of a temporal journey back a few months: I was reading a BBC article recently which discussed the decision by the German state of Bavaria to allow the publication of Mein Kampf after it’s copyright expires in 2015. I [...]
Is the culture at some universities deterring working class students? Finding A levels fairly easy; I was able to manage achieving good grades, with an extra evening course, working in a shop at the weekends and going out a lot. The work load was fine and I was confident in my ability. Going [...]
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Ed Miliband has made some smart moves when it comes to spinning the Coalition… Early last year, only months after he was elected leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband engaged in a cunning little piece of politics. The Labour Party stopped describing this government as a “coalition” and blaming the Lib Dems [...]
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Will the Liberal Democrats be wiped out at the next general election? After the Budget last week, Nick Clegg and his Lib Dems may be at their most content since the beginning of the Coalition government. The increase in income tax allowance and a Tory u-turn on tighter child benefit payouts both imply [...]
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Teachers should be given far greater freedom to inspire their students… I’m in love with literature. If there had been a more creative curriculum when I studied it, I may well have taken it on further at University. However, the subject that captivated me most back in those dark days was Mathematics. Given [...]
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Coalition decision on minimum wage for young people might not be such a bad idea… Businesses are, rather obviously, responsive to the costs of employing labour. This is why wage rates play such a pivotal role in the functioning of an economy. In an attempt to encourage firms to take on more young [...]
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Has the coming together of East and West given Hong Kong an anorexia problem? Hong Kong – a place where ‘East meets West’, part of its unique appeal, but also the catalyst for anorexia? Hong Kong is famous for its skyscrapers and infamous for the high levels of smog that plague it. After [...]
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The Coalition should be honest about the risk of health care reform… David Cameron and Andrew Lansley have faced fierce criticism from just about everyone over their Health Care Reforms. Some have even gone so far as to suggest Lansley should resign or be dismissed from Cabinet. Whilst health care professionals, academics and [...]
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