Category Archives: Politics
Flotilla Falsehoods
An Israel-supporting friend of mine linked me to a video “explanation” of the IDF’s raid. I decided to pick it apart.
Continue readingA response to Dan Derricott
In a recent blog post, Dan Derricott outlined the reasons why he intended to vote for Labour in the election. But his reasoning was incredibly flawed, to the point where I felt the need to respond.
Continue readingGillian Merron’s Iraq ignorance
On April 30th 2010, Gillian Merron — Labour MP for Lincoln — defended her support for the Iraq war. The answers she gave revealed incredible ignorance and naivety.
Continue readingOur broken electoral system
For obvious reasons, I’ve been thinking about the General Election quite a bit over the last couple of days. For a while I’ve been saying that I won’t vote, but I just had a look what the options are in … Continue reading
Why the Students’ Union?
Too often when The Linc covers the University of Lincoln Students’ Union they get wrapped up into the whole charade. I know; having just officially stepped down as news editor, I was there for pretty much all the SU coverage … Continue reading