Category: Politics
US Federal Reserve Holds Interest Rates Amid Lingering Inflation
Inflation Dogs the USA The US Federal Reserve has opted to delay interest cuts, keeping the interest rates at a 23-year-high, as a result of inflation dogging the US economy. Their interest rates are between 5.25% and 5.5%, constant for the past few months inflation has slowly increased to 3.7% (measured according to the Consumer…
Political Literacy: Building Critical Thinkers in the Information age
Currently, we are overwhelmed by a plethora of news sources in our digitally saturated world. Think about how many news companies you can name? It is the easiest it has ever been to access information of all sorts, and as a result, the easiest it has ever been to be lied to. The valuable ability…
Riot Police arrest Palestine Protesters at top Universities
Between Tuesday Evening and Wednesday morning, riot police were arresting, detaining, and removing violent pro-Palestine protesters who were leading riots. Columbia University, City College of New York, and University of Los Angeles (UCLA) were the two most violent and primary incidents of police intervention. Columbia University called the police to remove protesters from Hamilton Hall.…
Conservative MP defects to Labour
MP Defects From Conservatives Former health minister and ex-conservative MP Daniel Poulter has moved to the Labour party. This comes after his open resentment towards the appalling management of the NHS by the Conservatives. He thinks that defecting to Labour will help him focus more thoroughly on improving conditions in the NHS. This was his…
Palestine University Protests – Our Universities are in trouble
On Friday, Pro-Palestine University protests took place across the country, most notably at Columbia University. Columbia is an Ivy League school, one of the most prestigious in the country. Yet as with most Colleges in America and the West, they have devolved into places of argument and offence. The purpose of Universities for the politically minded is to…
Weekly Politics Summary – 26/4/24: Sunak raises Defence Budget
Sunak Celebrates as Rwanda Bill Passes On Monday the 22nd, the House of Lords passed the Rwanda bill, which will deport 2,200 illegal migrants to Rwanda. Previously, the bill was being sent back and forth between the Commons and the Lords. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has worked on this bill since his ascension to power in 2022, which was…