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In Which I Learn to Spell Srebrenica, and Use it a Lot
It’s always a bit strange to have two big anniversaries at the same time, and I’m really glad one of them was mentioned on the radio this morning or I would have gone about blissfully unaware of the cosmic irony/coincidence/shitfest. I was about to ask how many of you remember Srebrenica , but I don’t actually Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: Fun Facts Proving the World’s Fucked Up!
I feel it would be deeply ironic if I missed the News because of my last ever Politics exam so here is a fun video of GWay at the K! Awards Electric Century’s song anything MCR-related damnit I’m back in an ‘MCR phase’. I may have never left an ‘MCR phase’. Also I can’t think Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: Children In Need, Charities and Cynicism
I mentioned last week that people can donate to the Syrian refugee crisis appeal via the United Nations, and in light of the Philippines’ typhoon and Children In Need’s imminent broadcast I thought I’d talk about giving cash to worthy causes. Medicins Sans Frontiers is currently fundraising to support their work in South Sudan, the Central African Continue reading
DISCUSS., Food, Government and Politics, Internet, November 2013, The Six O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*AllOut, Amnesty International, APEC, Bangladesh, Camfed, Central African Republic, charities, Children In Need, Columbia, Comic Relief, DR Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, GM crops, Greece, Greenpeace, Haiti, India, Indifferent Ignorance, Iraq, Jeans for Genes, Medicins Sans Frontiers, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, North Korea, Philippines, Poppy Appeal, Pudsey Bear, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Syria, the United Nations, UK, USA, World Food Programme -
The Ten O’Clock News: Nick Clegg Might Be Right About Something!
Clegg Urges ‘Outdated’ UN to Reform I’ve been studying the United Nations recently and in today’s Politics lesson we mentioned that the Security Council reflects international politics of 1945, not 2013. If it did, Brazil, India and Germany would be there. Japan. South Africa. Australia. According to the BBC, Nick Clegg thinks so too. How Continue reading
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