Despite it taking a backseat among 2020’s many disasters, and 48% of the population’s wishful thinking – Brexit is still very much happening. The Verse’s Lottie Bulmer takes us on a whistle stop tour of how it will affect student life… Officially, the United Kingdom left the European Union on […]
Politics
The Verse’s Ellen Stickland informs us about the People’s Vote march that occurred in London on Saturday 23rd March 2019. Do you remember where you were when you heard Britain was going to leave the EU? Was that a day a celebration or did you find yourself worried about the […]
The Verse’s Political Editor Marcel Adams discusses who is sovereign over the Brexit process. Is it the people who voted for it, or our elected representatives? The recent parliamentary votes on the proposed amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill have raised a significant question, which has been highlighted in a […]
The Verse’s Tamara Stidwell explores why sales of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen eighty-four have surged recently, and what it means to live in a Post-Truth world, where power trumps reality. “It’s selling really well!” Remarks the friendly assistant in Brighton and Hove’s biggest independent book shop, CityBooks, “And all round […]
George Osborne’s summer budget announced that student maintenance grants, designed to help poorer students with their university living costs, were to be abolished. Last week this decision was approved, however despite extremely strong opposition, it was not discussed or voted on in the House of Commons. Currently, grants are available to students whose current […]
