Category: Politics
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UK General Election 2024
General information about the UK General Elections 2024 – Registering to vote, postal votes, proxy votes, Voter ID etc.
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Twitter is a strange place these days.
I came back to twitter this week after avoiding it for a while, and I think it may have been a poorly timed return given events in the UK to do with that thing which shall not be named. But after observing a week of highly frayed public discourse I feel like this needs to…
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The L’Aquila prosecutions; a dangerous precedent?
In a landmark legal case in Italy yesterday, six scientists and one politician were convicted and sentenced for manslaughter charges. Benjamin Brooks looks at the case and what precedents it might set. (Originally written for The Graduate Times)
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“A Volcano… in Somerset”
In which I tear into a 2011 science article…
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On popularity politics and the Students’ Union
I entered into the recent SUSU Sabbatical elections with a clear vision of how I would like to run my election campaign. It was really simple and very different from how I know the other candidates would be running their campaigns, I would run a low-key campaign driven by my policies and experience, without gimmick or palming…
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Will the Yellow Bird soar again?
The last few weeks have seen a great fuss over the planned rise in Tuition Fees. Whether or not the rise is right, I think the Liberal Democrats will survive and flourish as a result… here’s why
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of politics and speciesism
Nothing much to see here… just a little ramble about politics, descrimination and speciesism…
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Science Is Vital: a Letter to my MP
Further to my blog-post “Vince Cable: Respectfully, You’re Wrong.” wherein I made my case for science and had a bit of a rant I’ve written to Caroline Nokes; my local MP, through the website http://www.writetothem.com
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Vince Cable: Respectfully, You’re Wrong.
Today the church bells of the scientific world are ringing loudly, it’s a call to arms for anyone in or wanting to be in scientific research in the UK, and here’s the reason why: – Vince Cable has passed his sentence; and Science is to Hang on the scaffold, with the UK sailing away from…
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On the Browne Review Leaks
I’m Pissed Off… nay… F*cked Off… that’s all that need be said.
Benjamin David Brooks 