It’s an exciting time to be a nationalist, as the European elections have shown a massive shift towards right-wing, conservative politics. Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz’s parties, which control the EU’s two largest and most powerful countries, suffered major defeats to right-wing and conservative groups. Macron’s Renaissance party lost heavily to the right-wing National Rally […]
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Conscript the youth, national service is back on the menu, or that’s what Mr Sunak would have us believe. The absolute bottom of the barrel of policy ideas has been trotted out again by a flailing Tory party incapable of admitting its impending annihilation is entirely its fault. Conservative mouthpieces were quick to suggest the
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An economic crash in Nigeria has left international students struggling to afford tuition fees, with some at Teesside University blocked from their studies and ordered to return home due to non-payment. Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, with the value of the naira depreciating by more than 200% against the
The majority of food charity aid goes to Nigerian students. Read More »
18 internationally trained midwives have joined Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) to increase staffing levels, skills, and diversity in the Trust’s maternity services. Initially recruited through NHS England funding, the midwives were offered additional training to become UK registered and subsequently placed as student midwives across City Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre. They have
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Each Spring Bank Holiday weekend, North Wiltshire’s picturesque town of Chippenham hosts the Folk Festival with close ties to Whitsuntide. This year, the 51st festival was held with over 200 artists and performers from across the UK and abroad. The festival website reports that “… we once again turned Chippenham into a blaze of colour,
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On Friday, the 24th of May, I found myself up all night watching YouTube videos from a chap named Wendall, who explores the towns and cities of Britain, highlighting their decay, dying communities, homeless problems, and, sadly, much more. I was encapsulated by one called ‘Bad Vibes in Deprived Seaside Town’. This video was set
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As a proposal for Europe’s largest solar farm is considered in Nottinghamshire, it is probably worth having a think about these supposedly “green” solutions to our energy woes. The main problems with solar panels are that they have significantly diminishing returns year on year, require constant and costly maintenance in order to keep them operational
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A retired 74-year-old Ghanaian man who has lived in the UK for 47 years must wait a decade before the Home Office will let him stay permanently. Nelson Shardey, from Wallasey in Wirral, had assumed he was officially seen as British for many years. He only discovered otherwise in 2019, and despite paying taxes all
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The Liberal Democrats have been accused of breaching equality law by deselecting a candidate ‘based on his Christian faith’. This development came after a complaint to the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was raised regarding the treatment of David Campanale. The party has been accused of tolerating a “hostile environment” for people of faith,
David Campanale, the Lib Dem candidate, ‘punished’ for his faith. Read More »
Headteachers are being forced to mend desks and unblock toilets after sacking school caretakers in the wake of budget cuts. School leaders in England said they could not afford to employ caretakers and had to change lightbulbs and clear playgrounds of dead rats. Amanda Richards, the headteacher of Sytchampton primary in Worcestershire, said her school “literally
Teachers were forced to do janitorial duties due to a lack of funds. Read More »
