Tag: 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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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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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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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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Students’ Unions breed the future’s MPs
Hi all, During the recent uncertainty about when the last government were going to call the General Election, and when the Students’ Union at my university were in the middle of the election for next years school presidents; one of my lecturers said something which worries me somewhat. I didn’t write down what he said…
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Of Voting and Politics.
A quick and (hopefully) totally non-partisan look at why you absolutely must vote in teh May 6th General Election.
Benjamin David Brooks 