Farewell Nick! |My Response to the 2017 General Election

There is a lot about last night that is still uncertain, still confusing, still processing in my mind and the rest of the country's, so I'm going to talk about one thing in particular, the loss of Nick Clegg. As I tweeted last night: I will not deny I hated Nick Clegg for about 5 …

US Election 2016: My Reaction

On Tuesday night I felt almost as nervous as I did on the 23rd June and in many ways the experience was quite similar, only when I went to sleep at 3am the result wasn't yet decided. As I described it on Facebook: President Trump was definitely a possibility but not certain, a bit like Arsenal winning the league. …

Are armed police officers really reasurring?

It was announced today that the amount of armed police officers to be deployed in London will go up by over 2000 by April next year. As a result there have been a lot of discussions regarding whether this actually makes people feel safer. I've lived in London all my life and personally I don't …

Women, Politics and a bit of Boris Johnson

4 weeks ago today the residents of Great Britain woke up to the news that as a nation we had voted to leave the EU (if you want to see my immediate reaction you can see it here). Since then the world of British Politics has been slightly crazy. One of the main events of …

A Brief Referendum Reaction!

As someone who has followed politics passionately for the past 6 years I must say I am rather shocked and disheartened by today's results. When my dad woke me up this morning with the news that David Cameron had resigned I genuinely felt like someone had punched me right in the guts, I felt like …