Jeremy Corbyn is (still) not very good
After last June’s General Election results, it would be tempting to view Jeremy Corbyn as some kind of political genius. A victorious underdog and master communicator who finally made that…
‘Fire and Fury’: Personality trumps Policy
Journalist Michael Wolff unveils the character behind the caricature in his book Fire and Fury, revealing deception far beyond president Trump’s hacked hairdo. Fire and Fury has since reached inevitable…
Tory MP denounced after Brexit demand to universities
Vice-Chancellor Adam Tickell has refused Tory MP Chris Heaton-Harris’ request for a list of names of the academic staff who teach European politics and Brexit at The University of Sussex.…
The Badger Guide to Getting Political at Sussex
So here you are, a fresher at Sussex; fresh-faced, dewy-eyed and ready to embrace all the stereotypes of your new university. You’ve already gone vegan, swum in the sea, bought…
Did Labour win the election? A Sussex perspective
The short answer is obviously no. The Tories remain in power, for now at least, propped up by the DUP whose social views most in the UK and in the…
State of Nature: Immersive political theatre
This wasn’t theatre, this was an interactive evening in Utah with the State Governor, Merriweather, come terrorist which blew me away, literally, there is a terror explosion in the first…
An academic’s response to the Vice-Chancellor
The following open letter to the university Vice-Chancellor was sent to The Badger. We are happy to publish it as indeed we are always happy to publish letters written by…
Engaged Poetry by Stavros Anagnou
Stavros Anagnou, 4th year, BSc Biology. L.A : Where does your passion for poetry comes from ? S.A : “I fell in love with poetry for the first time by…
Trump Inaugural Launches Post-Normal Presidency
It takes some bravado for a man who failed to win the popular vote by nearly three million votes, and who enters the White House with the lowest approval ratings…
The end of ‘the end of history’?
Francis Fukuyama’s now-infamous and much-derided proclamation of the victory of liberal democracy now lies in tatters. It is increasingly clear that the globalised economy has made many feel that liberalism…
Big Debate: ‘Is globalism a failed project?’
Proposition Will Cronk Globalism is a wonderful force which does an extraordinary amount of good for an extraordinarily small number of people. The reason I describe it as a wonderful…
The Absurdity of Modern Politics
It is fair to say that we are living in troubled times. Not only troubled though, they are becoming increasingly absurd, this absurdity personified by Donald Trump and his ridiculous…
Why the world will miss President Obama
In the midst of an election which has morphed into a farcical contest between ‘no change’ and backwards change, it’s hard not to wonder what happened to American progressivism. Eight…
Icelandic election shows politics at its best
Unless you have had your head buried in the sand for the last three months (and if you have, I can understand why!), you would have seen that the American…
Multicultural Britain must face up to its Identity question
The subject of identity is far from an easy one. That is not to say merely that it is difficult to solve – that much is a statement of the…
EU Referendum: Sussex students say stay
Students have voted to give Sussex’s Students’ Union (UUSU) the green light to campaign for the remain side in the upcoming EU referendum on June 23. 543 students took part,…
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…
The Politics of Student Life
A selective study of student politics at The University of Sussex from its beginnings to the present day. Whether facing down tanks in Tiananmen Square or police gunfire at Kent…
The Paris Terror Attacks
William Crona delves deeper into the atrocities of last week. Soon after 21.00 GMT on Friday evening, the French capital was subjected to a display of violence and terror in…
Is violent protest ever acceptable?
Violence talks. Let’s face it, when people sit in streets, hold their banners and shout, a nice newspaper might write an article about them but no one will seriously listen.…