Let’s vote for manifestos, not idols
By Issy Anthony – Comment Sub-Editor I want us to question how we look at politicians, and more specifically, political leaders. This is the first election I will be voting…
Less work, more play: the 4 day week
By Will Day With Labour’s proposal to implement a four-day working week, the concept of working less for the same pay has been thrust into the public sphere. For many,…
BREAKING: Jeremy Corbyn visits University of Sussex
BREAKING: This afternoon, the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn came to campus to meet with students and staff at the University of Sussex. Part of the Jubilee building was…
Local Labour branch suspended and election results annulled amid opposing claims of misconduct
Labour Leader Mr Corbyn shortly after being elected last year. Photo: Flickr Freya Marshall Payne The Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party has been suspended by the party’s National Executive…
Appearance is important on the political stage
It’s something that most of us do in our everyday working lives. It’s something that was, on occasion, expected when we were children – with a little help from our…
Peter Kyle MP: Labour’s New Politics drives me up the wall
Local MP Peter Kyle has launched an attack on the Labour leadership at a Sussex campus Q&A on February 4. The Badger has acquired a recording of the event which…
Jeremy Corbyn shot himself in the foot over Trident
The Labour conference this year was something of a surreal experience for me, having grown up in the New Labour years of perfectly crafted ‘managerial-like’ conference speeches, full of buzzwords…
Labour Party Conference comes to Brighton
Thousands of Labour Party activists headed to Brighton’s Hilton Metropole for the party’s annual conference from 27 – 30 September. The conference saw speeches from Labour MPs, including their newly…
Pale and male? Representation and Jeremy Corbyn’s cabinet
The new Labour shadow cabinet positions have been allocated, and I have been struggling (significantly more than usual) to deal with the fatuous and repetitive onslaught that the media has…
Why students should strike for free education
#StudentStrike: WTF is going on? On the 10th of September the National Executive Council (NEC) of the National Union of Students (NUS), which represents around seven million students nationally, including…
Jeremy Corbyn leaves door open for possible pact with Caroline Lucas
Scroll down for our interview with Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn has left open the possibility of an electoral pact with Green MP Caroline Lucas. When asked by The Badger if…