Politics

Position Papers: Immigration

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

There’s plenty of issues in politics that leave everyone divided.  It’s part of the appeal of the subject for me, and I find it interesting to hear everyone’s take on some of the big debates in our society.  I’m a rather opinionated person, as you may be able to tell, and I’m definitely partisan when it comes to the sort of discussions that dominate current affairs.  With this post, I’ll kick off a series on some of my own political opinions and try to explain — Read more →

Scotland’s Tide is Turning

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

It’s five months today that Scotland goes to the polls on the question of the century, whether or not Scotland should be an independent country.  Both the Yes and No campaigns have entered their full-time statuses, and neither are very far from the headlines of the news each day.  Polls have been favouring the No option since the SNP’s election to the Scottish Government in 2011 that paved the way for this referendum to take place, but in the last month there has been a — Read more →

Protectionism & Development

 Steven Kellow    Politics  

Download PDF Are protectionist policies necessary for development?  Discuss using traditional and contemporary examples. Protectionism is the economic policy of states deliberately minimising trade with other states in order to protect their own industries.  It is a policy that has proved successful throughout the centuries in developing strong economies but is considered negatively in the modern neoliberal era by international institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the United Nations, with free trade being seen as the standard to which international financial — Read more →

The Clegg Without Bite

 Steven Kellow    Politics

With the General Election looming next year, the political alarm bells are beginning to sound in the parties’ campaign offices to tell them to prepare for war.  The Conservatives must be worried about Labour’s lead in the poll, but surely the man with the most anxiety and pessimism towards the big one next year must be Nick Clegg. Even though Clegg guided the Liberal Democrats into government by a fluke of parliamentary politics, it can’t really be said that he has done well.  The Lib — Read more →

The Modern Crimean War

 Steven Kellow    Politics

Tensions between the Western World and Russia aren’t anything particularly new, with a brief friendship in the 90s being the only time since World War II where both have been on the same side.  However, the current political and now military turmoil in Crimea is perhaps one of the most worrying developments in decades. Ukraine is a massively important country geopolitically – for both Russia and Europe.  It is the largest gateway between the two for oil and gas exports.  Ukraine is from where the — Read more →

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