Category: Politics
TikTok on Fast Track for US Ban? Senate Considers crucial Bill.
The popular social media app TikTok faces an expedited path to a potential U.S. ban. The House of Representatives recently included a provision in a critical bill providing aid to Ukraine and other countries. This provision requires TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest its ownership within a year. This effectively forcing a sale or…
Rishi Sunak Declares Anti-Sick Note Campaign
Rishi Sunak has vowed to tackle the UK’s prevalent ‘sick note culture’. He claims it is heavily slowing productivity and driving down employment rates. He plans to strip GPs of the right to write off patients from work. What is Sick Note Culture? ‘Sick note culture’ refers to a workplace environment where employees frequently take…
Weekly Politics Summary – 19/4/24: Israel Strikes Iran
Take a Quiz about this article at: Israel Strikes Iran On the morning of Friday the 19th, Israel launched a retaliatory strike on Iranian Military targets within Iran and Iraq. Israel targeted a large Iranian Army base in the city of Isfahan with radar technologies. Further strikes took place on military targets around Tabriz. By disabling Iran’s radar…
Brussels unconstitutionally kicks out right-wing British Politicians
On April 16th, Brussels Police removed Nigel Farage and Suella Braverman from the National Conservatism Conference, at the Claridge hotel, in Brussels, Belgium. The two-day conference hosted the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, on the 2nd day. Nigel Farage after being forced out of the Hotel by Belgian Police Image belongs to Copyright Holder.…
The Price of Conflict: Economic Impacts of Potential Iran-Israel War
Take a Quiz on this Article: Over the weekend, Iran sent over 300 drones and missiles towards Israel. This was in retaliation to Israel’s airstrike in Damascus on the Iranian consulate, which killed two senior Iranian Generals. Although nothing severe has occurred yet, the threat of a full-blown war makes us consider its possible financial…
High Court Judge Allows Schools to choose to Implement Prayer Time
A High Court Judge has ruled against a Muslim Student challenge that Michaela Community free school should allow prayer rituals for students. Michaela School is a secular school in Wembley, London. Michaela school has one of the best GCSE and A-Level results in the country with a third of pupils receiving Grade 9 (A*). Furthermore,…
