“The greatest risk is not from people innocently going to the parks, but that the media and officials lead the public to believe that lockdown laws are being so widely ignored that they do actually choose to disobey them in more damaging ways.”
Amy Sankey examines why the topic of park overcrowding is being overblown.
“The Northern Irish Peace Process is fragile and requires active intersectional work in the form of policy change and socio-economic development. Politicians in Westminster will continue to ignore this and their counterparts in Stormont will continue to act to its detriment, so long as their ignorance continues to get them elected.”
Daniel McNamee analyses the growing tensions in Northern Ireland.
“Having now spent more time in my childhood bedroom than in Oxford since starting my course, I can’t help but ask: should we forgive the government’s initial mistakes and errors in light of the new vaccine success and limited knowledge we had of COVID a year ago?”
Sebastien Roberts analyses the UK government’s performance over the whole of the coronavirus pandemic so far.
“The Honours system is not fit for purpose, and its integrity is diminished with every new list of names published.”
Jade Calder explains the need to reconsider a system inextricably linked with imperialism.
A new year, a new lockdown. And with it again, the call for a tuition fee reduction – this time with more weight behind it than ever. Orlaith Lindsay and Calum Isaacs present the cases for and against a reduction.
“A new study out from Civitas has declared Oxford one of the worst universities in the UK for free speech: [previous warnings] have clearly gone unheeded.”
George Beglan examines what can be done to improve.
Sports organisations across Britain are implementing new rules to protect players at all levels from the long-term effects of concussion and head trauma. In February, the English Football Association banned primary school-aged children from heading footballs in training, due to fears that doing so at a young age could add to the likelihood of dementia Read More…
Annabelle Grigg discusses what this year’s Results Day reveals about the current government and wider education system.
Oxford’s pubs took a variety of approaches to re-opening on July 4th to ensure effective protection for staff and customers, but many are still yet to re-open.
William Atkinson discusses why the UK should be taking a bigger stand against China following the new Hong Kong security law.