As the UK hosted the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ UN backed conference, in (of all places) Newport, it was announced that over £10bn had been raised to fund aid, while also making long term commitments to education targets and opening the economies of neighbouring countries to boost job opportunities. However, while this event was […]
How to Change the World, Part Two: Trumping Donald Trump
As MPs debated whether to ban Donald Trump from UK shores after a petition signed by around 575,000 people, nearly six times the 100,000 benchmark needed for a Commons debate, I think it’s time we took a look at other ways we can crush Trump’s spew of hateful and ignorant rhetoric. Here are a couple […]
How to change the world: Part one
Campaign against Sex-Selective Abortion in China The Chinese government has launched a new campaign against sex-selective abortion in an attempt to solve ‘the Bachelor Crisis’ as there are currently 33 million more men than women in China. Pre-natal gender testing and sex-selective abortions are currently illegal in China, however the strong cultural bias for sons has […]