In our first ‘Letters to the Editors’, our readers discuss the right to ignore, rather than listen to, hate; the government’s responses to the pandemic, and reactions to university during Covid-19.
Opinion
Learning from Europe? As if…
Amy Sankey explains how the UK’s Covid ‘strategy’ differs from those of the countries it claims to emulate.
Are we losing perspective on COVID-19?
Keir Maclean questions the government’s recent response to COVID-19.
Israel’s Deal With Bahrain Is A Shotgun Wedding, And Ayatollah Khamenei Is Holding The Shotgun
Alex Miller analyses what the normalisation of relation between Bahrain and Israel means for the Middle East.
Mail-In Ballots: This Is Not A Coup
“Despite its clear importance, the concern over a potential ‘theft’ of the election in November has been massively overblown.”
Recent concern over the USPS and some of President Trump’s comments has led to a fear of voter suppression by the current administration. William McCathie argues that, actually, we have nothing to fear.
World beating? With what university?
Oliver White explores some effects of Michaelmas Covid-19 restrictions on university and college life.
Feelings don’t care about facts
Zaman Keinath-Esmail explores the interplay between facts, feelings, and liberalism’s failings.
Scottish nationalism is on the rise, but what is it exactly?
Mhairi Tait discusses why we shouldn’t be afraid of Scottish nationalism and how it differs from other nationalist movements that use dangerous rhetoric and often xenophobic policies.
If this is a good justification for looting, I’d hate to see a bad one
Alex Miller discusses Vicky Osterweil’s In Defense of Looting, and why looting should always be condemned.
OnlyFans: Bella Thorne and good intentions
Elizabeth Reynard explores how Bella Thorne’s seemingly well-intentioned career on OnlyFans has managed to damage the empowering and feminist ends it aimed to promote.