This week, LVI Politics students have been discussing the role of the House of Lords in Parliament. They were set…
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The problems with codifying a constitution
Daisy’s excellent article on the current civil disorder in Chile hinted at some of the problems of producing a codified…
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The Chilean Spring
Recently, with all the confusion over Brexit and the various misdemeanors of our radical friend President Trump the political state…
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Should the UK use more referendums to help improve democracy in the UK
Referendums are a key part of democracy, they give the general population a voice and a stage to voice their…
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Do newspapers always have the right to publish stories about the private lives of celebrities or sports figures if they are deemed to be in the public interest?
VH Award Winner – Michaelmas Term 2019 Freedom of the press is undoubtedly a right vital for a society to…
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Should the government tax and regulate e-cigarettes in the same way as normal cigarettes or ban them?
VH Award Runner Up – Michaelmas Term 2019 Recently in the news there has been a sudden proliferation of deaths…
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Brexit and constitutional damage; how democracies die.
I read a book last year called How Democracies Die which was written by two American academics who had clearly…
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There is no reason for 16 year olds to be given the vote
In recent times, the Tory government has come under fire concerning their policy regarding a refusal to lower the voting…
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16 year olds should be allowed to vote in UK elections
In the U.K. we pride ourselves on being a democracy. A democracy in which everyone gets a vote and everyone’s…
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Online voting would cause far more problems than the current system. We should maintain the status quo.
Clearly Mr Stewart’s time spent glued to episode after episode of Love Island this summer would have been better spent…
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