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Image Description: a caricature of Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. On the 1st September 2016, Prime Minister Theresa May raised eyebrows among right-wing Tories and the media at-large when she stated that her political hero was Liberal reformer Joseph Chamberlain. Chamberlain had a reputation as a radical mayor in Birmingham, enacting sweeping progressive reform on […]
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Image Description: A picture of Starmer sat alone on the front benches of the House of Commons. Whilst the right vilifies Keir Starmer as ‘captain hindsight,’ perpetually vacillating as the government vaccinates and the left lambasts him for the absence of a vision, it is easy to forget that Starmer has made a promising start. […]
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Image Credit: WundermanWiki Student diabetics need to look out for their future health. Recently, there’s been a lot of attention in the press about diabetes, such as the news that hundreds of people are dying due to diabetes-related illnesses. So, for a young person, it’s a bit disconcerting. I feel a responsibility to speak out about my […]
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Image Credit: US Department of State (Public Domain) The Oxford Union’s annual Open Period is set to include speaker events with Tony Abbott, the former Australian Prime Minister, Professor Richard Swinburne, Jo Malone, and Jude Law. During the annual Open period, which will take place until the 18th October, any student with a Bod card […]
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One year ago Theresa May was crowned new leader of the Conservatives, hailed as the Margaret Thatcher incarnate who would serve as a safe pair of hands during a period of Brexit-fuelled uncertainty. But now she is engulfed by a political maelstrom. Though Tory MPs pretend they believe in May as their party leader, the […]
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Theresa May has benefitted from good fortune throughout her life. She was fortunate enough to get into a high performing grammar school and then into Oxford. She became an MP in 1997 at the start of the Blair years, giving her the time to work her way up the ranks of the Conservative party, out […]
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As a jockey, my grandfather was a small man. Photographed with Sir Winston Churchill in the paddock before a race, he looks particularly slight. Most people are unaware of Churchill’s connection with the turf, but his horse-racing career was an extraordinary one. Most famously, his favourite horse, the grey Colonist, achieved 13 victories and nearly […]
Continue ReadingFormer Prime Minister and alumna of Somerville College Baroness Thatcher died this morning of a stroke at the age of 87. Lady Thatcher was Prime Minister between 1979 and 1990 and will be buried with full military honours in St Paul’s Cathedral. Somerville College have led the tributes to their former student by flying the […]
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