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Tag: Prime Minister

Starmer: Prime-Minister in waiting?

13th March 202110th March 2021Dan Harrison

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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Stop Sugarcoating the Issue: Young diabetics need better support

8th November 201818th December 2018Gabrielle Woodward

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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Speakers for the Oxford Union’s Annual Open Period announced

1st October 2018Adithi Shenava

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 on, Theresa May is isolated in her court

11th July 2017Anisha Faruk

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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May’s luck might finally run out as Prime Minister

17th July 201625th July 2016Louis Trupia

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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We should not be ashamed of Churchill’s legacy

8th February 20158th February 2015Imogen Gosling

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 […]

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Oxford reacts to the death of Baroness Thatcher

8th April 20138th April 2013Philip Dorrell

Former 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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