The Looking Glass

MICHAL DAVIS Crisis is the defining factor as to why governmental systems all over the world have for long been fuelled by the sacrifice and suffering of others. The period of intense difficulty or danger that a crisis represents can influence, and has greatly affected, our political environment. Our government today in the year 2022 has dodged and ducked its way out of being seriously caught out on innumerable occasions through the convenient appearance of attention-detracting crises.  In truth though, this is the case of every operational government since the dawn of political philosophy and the foundation of the first Democratic state, in the form of classical Athens. Cicero, inspired by the founders of political philosophy such as Plato and Socrates, adopted a method and ideology of intense political scrutiny and major opposition to that of 'transparent tyranny'. He less famously stated that a crisis is the point at which people launch themselves into the perilously deep po...

KUSH SHARMA To some, the existence of a God will appear quixotic. To others, it is significantly meaningful in their lives. Various speculations regarding the existence of a God have surfaced since a time as early as 2600 years ago. The elemental thought of a God emerged around the sixth century BCE. The question "Does a God Exist?" is one that has puzzled many and it has received many attempted answers. A God is defined as the creator of the universe and a superhuman; a ruler of the universe having substantial power over it; a divine being. In a world of over 4000 recognised religions (a large quantity being atheistic), the concept of a God has become more prominently questioned than ever before. As our modern world evolves in both the scientific and cosmological fields, the idea of a God grows, according to many, increasingly unlikely. In this essay, the views of religion, cosmology, history and philosophy will be explored. I will discuss how a God’s traditional characteris...

ANDREW LEIB THURSDAY 5TH MAY 2022: As this piece is being written, thirty million voters across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and a wide range of English local authorities from Southampton to Sunderland, from Harrow to Hull have just voted in local elections, with those votes now being counted. These elections, if they result in insurmountable losses for the Conservative and Unionist Party, may prove to be the final nail in the party's coffin, in the eyes of many members of the 1922 Committee. As late, they have in large part abstained from sending a letter to Sir Graham Brady, as many did for Theresa May following the disastrous Conservative performance in the 2019 local elections. If fifty-four Conservative MPs turn in their letters, a motion of no confidence in the Prime Minister will be triggered. David Cameron gambled with his electoral future by agreeing to a Scottish independence referendum in October 2012 following an SNP majority at Holyrood. Similarly, if Sinn Fein su...

Aviral wrote this essay for the WBGS Fuller Research Prize 2022; there's still time to enter so if you fancy your chances at writing a great academic essay or article, why not enter to have it published on this blog and for the chance to win a cash prize? AVIRAL JAIN Okay, before you read on, I would like to clarify that income inequality is by no means an objective or something that society or the government should aspire to achieve. However, not all bad things are completely terrible, as there are always some pros hidden in the cons; today I want to explore the potential positives in income inequality, despite its general appearance as negative. Nevertheless, if you are really intrigued by the outweighing negative nature of inequality, some related research is linked at the bottom of the page for your perusal.  Let’s start with clarifying any doubts or misconceptions in definitions. There is no set definition of income inequality, but for now, consider income as a flow of money, ...