Back on 18th April everyone was in complete shock after Theresa May announced there would be a general election on 8th June. Not only does this snap election give candidates just 7 weeks to prepare, it is also 3 years earlier than initially expected, leaving many to speculate on why it had been moved forward. […]
Ben Bradshaw
Election Day: An interview with Ben Bradshaw MP
Ben Bradshaw has been Exeter’s MP for nineteen years; a staggering feat, not just because of Exeter’s past as a traditionally Conservative seat, but also because of the fact that Exeter is the last remaining non-Conservative seat in the South-West. Whilst Liberal fortresses such as Yeovil and former Labour battlegrounds such as Plymouth were swallowed whole […]
EU Membership campaigns come to Exeter
The nationwide referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union is on the horizon, and Exeter students are already getting to work on both sides of the table. Students4Europe Exeter, a “non-partisan political society with the aim of getting as many people involved in the EU referendum”, is preparing to launch on Thursday 18th […]
Exe student cares for Calais
Following recent and severe clashes between police and migrants at the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp, one University of Exeter student has found a unique way to lend her support. Final-year student Georgina Lewis is currently raising money to buy swimming goggles for refugees living in the ‘Jungle’ in an attempt to protect them from police brutality, which […]
Ben Bradshaw faced with student protests after Syria vote
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has defended his decision to vote in favour of UK military intervention in Syria in Parliament at a talk on the University campus on 4 December. At an event originally organised to debate the Labour party’s campaign to remain in the EU, Bradshaw was confronted by a number of protestors angry […]