Politics

Despite fierce local opposition, unanswered fundamental questions and seemingly misleading and politicised Home Office press releases, the Government is planning to convert a former Sussex prison into an asylum detention…

Recent comments from top military officials have sparked rumours about what could happen if NATO goes to war against Russia. Questions about the restart of a military conscription in the…

One should be hesitant when predicting the length of Prime Minister’s terms in office, yet it has become popular to believe this is Rishi Sunak’s last year as the head…

Beyond the amount of firepower, war is also about who controls the narrative. While various international and local media outlets are trying to cover the ongoing Gaza conflict, false information…

As the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has been covered extensively by local and international news outlets, posts on social-media platforms about the conflict are often dismissed as “disinformation”; ignored on the…

Universities are not a place for liberation for both students and staff, according to staff panelists at the University of Sussex Students’ Union’s Liberation Round Table, held on 19 October.…

Amid the weekly rally held on Mondays in Library Square, Zeena (who requested her surname be omitted), a third-year Palestinian student at Sussex, stepped away from the demonstration to take…

After meeting the late Queen at Balmoral in her final days, one of Liz Truss’ first acts as the new Prime Minister was to announce economic intervention to tackle soaring…

How Corbyn’s loss was leveraged to reject Bernie Sanders – By Jackson Oka Jeremy Corbyn’s emphatic defeat to Boris Johnson in the December election has meant a variety of things…

It’s been a busy few weeks in British politics, so here’s what you might have missed over the festive period.

Tensions have intensified between the United States and Iran, following the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani.

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…

By Venice Hancock, News Sub-Editor. It has been a year since French protesters, known as the “Gilets Jaunes” (Yellow Vests), appropriately named for their chosen attire during demonstrations, first took…

In a policy reversal, the Trump Administration has declared that Israeli settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law.

The debate saw local parliamentary candidates from the Brighton area go head to head on issues such as the NHS, housing, trust in politics, local education, and of course -…

Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has written to Dominic Raab to express concerns over Dominic Cummings relationship with Russia, after a whistle-blower came forward.

The city of Dresden, situated in Eastern Germany, officially declared a state of “Nazi Emergency” on October 30th.

Boris Johnson is facing calls to remove Alun Cairns as a Conservative candidate after it was revealed that Mr Cairns was aware of his former aide Ross England’s role in…

The SNP have levelled criticisms at various media outlets for their failure to fairly and adequately report on Scottish politics.

By Joshua Talbot. The European Union has granted the United Kingdom an extension on Brexit negotiations, as a suitable deal fails to get through the House of Commons by Boris…