Opinion Panel

With every piece of fly-infested “journalism” Samantha Brick publishes on the Daily Mail, she digs herself a deeper hole. I’m beginning to think that she might be doing it deliberately for the attention – because surely no one really has such terribly backward opinions as she. The latest turd to spill from Brick’s mouth is [...]

Writing future world history, Jack Staples Butler investigates the rise of the New Order, the influence of the charismatic despot Anthony Hammond and the shadowy corporate cabal Manifest, and the rise of global fascism.

There are 400,000 nurses employed by the NHS working in the UK. That’s more than any other medical group of staff and they each earn on average an income of around £26,000, a little above the UK national average of £23,244. Now, I’m not denying that nurses do fantastic jobs and probably deserve more money [...]

Wandering the streets of east London at 1am last Friday after finishing work, my friend and I searched desperately for a bar to sit down and have a drink in. Unwind after a stressful nights work of serving deranged, drunken City types. But this was to be to no avail. The only places open were [...]

Tories equate gay marriage with internet porn. When you read between the lines, this is the message David Cameron is sending out. In a desperate attempt to win back traditional Conservative voters after a disastrous set of local election results, the Prime Minister promised a crackdown on internet pornography in the Queen’s Speech, while failing [...]

I have run Gamespaceuk since its launch back in March 2008. I jumped into an industry that interested me just enough to try my own hand at becoming a web master. I wanted a low maintenance project – an online service that required no manual skill. I thought a games site would be perfect. I [...]

Eduard Mead of Pointless Economic Musings explains how monetary aid is wrong on so many levels… Dependency and Inequality India is one of the world’s fastest growing economies with a multi-billion pound defence and nuclear weapons programmes as well as a £750m space programme. It is also the biggest recipient of UK foreign aid. Before [...]

Work experience has it’s pitfalls – especially if you’re a graduate being forced by the government to work for free at ‘poundland’. This academic year I’ve completed three work placements. Previously, I’ve worked for free at everywhere from Sainsbury’s, to horse stables, to large media production companies. So, how does working for free benefit you? [...]

I’ve heard so many people slating tattoos recently, but I am one of those ‘young adults’ that is completely for tattooing. In my opinion, everyone is entitled to do what they wish with their body, whether it be getting a quirky haircut, covering yourself in piercings or tattoos, or dressing in any way that is [...]