It might have made a nice change to see the Italian Prime Minister be a joker instead of a joke for once. In all likelihood neither Silvio Berlusconi nor Beppe Grillo will become the leader of the Eurozone’s third largest economy; that honour will most likely be given to the leader of the centre-left Democratic...
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Ben Rogers on distinguishing legitimate criticism from lazy prejudice Islamophobia as applied to all individuals and parties who make criticisms of Islam is in danger of becoming a sel4*f-defeating concept, as like those who lump all Muslims together in less than educated attacks on the faith, little effort is made to distinguish qualified criticisms with those made by...
An unusual remark was made by the Prime Minister this week during his visit to India. He said that there were not enough women in the Cabinet. Whilst that is no news to anyone aware of the gender imbalances in politics, it appeared to be news to David Cameron. His sudden realisation that he needed to get more women into parliament appears to rather contradict his 2012...
As a third year, I was amongst the first LSE students obliged to take the infamous LSE100 course. While this experience felt unrewarding at the time, the benefits of gaining the qualification from the course do outweigh its tediousness. In its current format I’m not giving the course a thumbs-up. But some minor changes to its structure and assessment could make it...
If you really are what you eat then we’re in trouble, because it turns out none of us really have a clue. This especially applies to us students; who among us hasn’t hit the cheap shelves for a hot, filling tea of Findus Crispy Gee-Gee or Tesco Value Aintree Burgers. We all knew, at heart, that there was something dodgy there. But apart from making everyone feel...