politicians
Reviews of the politicians kissing babies and running governments around the world; applaud and criticize the decisions they make and their implications.
On Your Bike Boris
Imagine you are in a foreign country and suddenly you find yourself arrested on charges that make no sense to you. You will undoubtedly feel scared and vulnerable. You could well find yourself in a rough jail or suffer maltreatment at the hands of the authorities for your alleged crimes. You need someone on your side, fighting your corner, and doing so intelligently and effectively. In the case of British citizens abroad, they should be able to rely on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to help them out with their case and make sure that they are being treated well during the legal process. It becomes an especially pressing and potentially delicate issue, requiring diplomatic skill, when the other country involved is viewed as very problematic in terms of human rights.
By Adrian Wale8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Theresa, We're Human, Too
Before I begin, no, I’m not from the UK. I’m from the U.S. where human rights and freedom plays an important role in our country. Despite the fact that my family was from the Middle East, Turkey to be exact, they’ve all come to the United States to gain the freedom they couldn’t have back in their country. Since I’m first generation here, I couldn’t be any more thankful to live in such a great country and gain human rights to be myself.
By Jacqueline Hanikeh8 years ago in The Swamp
Too Bad for Democracy: The Elections of 1912 and 2016
In political history, there are events that change the course of a nation for good or for the worst and these are events both Democrats and Republicans should learn from. The election of 1912 between Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William Taft and Eugene Debs is one that Democrats should have studied and learned from, this election illustrated to the people and our political system a multi-party system works.
By Eve's Politics8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Theresa M. May...
There's a slight possibility that you've lost touch with your congenial side. Similar to someone I know, your citizens have begun to make a mockery of you and all justifications that come with your murky rhetoric. The people are concerned you lack the comprehension of empathy, which is necessary in the vicious battle between law and morality.
By Rashaunna Nelson8 years ago in The Swamp
Jeremy Corbyn: His Views on the Middle East
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is making a stand against the Saudi Arabian regime and its conduct of the war in Yemen, as opposed to the Theresa May government, who is selling arms to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and these weapons are being used in Saudi's war in Yemen.
By Nicholas Bishop8 years ago in The Swamp
Disgraced Former Congressman Anthony Weiner to Face the Music Over Sexting Scandal Involving an Underage Girl
The downward spiral that former Democratic US Congressman Anthony D. Weiner has been descending on over the years finally reached a threshold, which will inevitably lead him to a prison cell.
By Victor Trammell8 years ago in The Swamp
Political Perspectives
I wrote my feelings about the friendship between Barack Obama and George Bush in 2014 after being fed up with conservatives lambasting President Obama and praising former President Bush. I had a hard time as the lone liberal and minority in a very white, conservative small town. I wanted to tear out my luscious curls on a daily basis.
By Olivia Rose8 years ago in The Swamp
Jacob Rees-Mogg & Forced Pregnancy
The United Kingdom had a general election in June 2017 in which Prime Minister Theresa May, leader of the Conservative Party, called an order for her party to get a larger majority and have more of a say in Brexit negotiations. Britain was not meant to have another election until 2020, but with all her prime ministerial power and naive confidence, Mrs. May decided to call one early because she thought she could get one up on the opposition, (the labour Party, led by stoic Jeremy Corbyn) who were not doing very well in the polls. Hilariously, it all backfired on her. She led a pitiful campaign and lost 13 seats. Labour gained 30 seats, their best result in years, and Jeremy Corbyn ended up looking like the winner of the whole thing (even though he lost).
By Jemma Gallagher8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Theresa, What’s In a Name?
Or rather, what’s in your name? In yours, there’s a litany of puns just waiting to be made. For every policy you discuss, every decision you make, every stand you take, there’s a May-based epithet hurled upon you in headlines, hashtags and everything in between. Like it or not (and really, who would?), the nicknames you’ve been bestowed thus far are equal parts clever, obvious and, in most cases, deceptively enlightening. To name just a few...
By Rachel G. David8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Theresa, Who Are You?
I'm not from the UK or even Europe at all. I live here in grand ol' America (sarcasm emphasis on grand), though I do come from Europe (born, but not raised, in Moscow, Russia). I've heard a lot about you, both from the other Dear Theresa pieces on this site and in the news. I kind of know what Brexit is, and I know that most people who believe in the same things as me don't like it.
By Katie Marchbank8 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Theresa, Do You Want to Go Nuclear?
Let's get a few things straight, right off the bat. I am from the US (specifically, New Jersey, organically raised to dislike our soon-to-be former governor and raised on Taylor ham). I already deal with a horrible, unfit, unprepared, irrational, chicken nugget looking creature that was somehow elected to lead this country. I have briefly entertained the notion of moving out of the country, probably just up to my friends in the Great White North (I do actually have friends there). But maybe, at one point, I would have considered that Great Britain might be a decent place to scope out as a new residence.
By Dylan Gonzalez8 years ago in The Swamp
