Leaving aside the vested interests of those who stand to materially benefit from the status quo, let’s assume most people do not want to bring about climate destruction. Fairly uncontroversial. Why is it, then, that we struggle to collectively reckon with its significance?
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The UK Government’s response to Ukrainians fleeing their country is a conscientious commitment to an ideology piously hostile towards refugees and asylum-seekers. Initially resistant to opening any adequate routes to asylum, the government has resolutely maintained their stance on requiring visas for those escaping Putin’s aggression. Every other country in Europe has waived them.
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On the evening of Transgender Day of Vibisility, the UK government decided to introduce a conversion therapy ban in England and Wales, but only focused on sexuality rather than gender identity. This means that on Transgender Day of Visibility, our PM took the logical, but equally horrific, next logical steps in what has been a systemic and quick erasure of transgender rights in the country.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing one of its worst political crises since the end of the Bosnian War in 1995. The high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, has warned that the country is in imminent danger of breaking part, with a “very real” prospect of a return to conflict.
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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you’ll have inevitably seen a surge in discussions surrounding Putin and Ukraine. However, if you were educated within Britain, you were probably not taught much about the context of this situation, and how it has built to the point we are at now.
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“Are you still watching?” Or are you shattering all your dreams of ever owning a home and would you be better off staring at a blank TV screen and listening to the sound of that extra £5.99 a month lining your pocket, bringing you one step closer to the first rung of the housing ladder?
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