Politics, Media & Society
People are easily confused, and here I speak as one who has spent centuries in courtrooms. Apparently, they say, a lie can run around the world before the truth has... Read More
This is a opinion piece about how internet culture and society interacts. It questions who we, as a society, looks at as being worthy of the title of being an ... Read More
What better way to celebrate the NHS hitting the big seven-zero than with a relevant hashtag #NHS70 and a bit of social network analysis(SNA)? For the uninitiated SNA is the... Read More
In my little series on the oddities of the Palace of Westminster, I am covering one of the more contentious complaints raised by both Members of Parliaments and the Lords:... Read More
It’s a reasonably well-known ‘secret’ that Ph.D students rate their university experience poorly. Part of this are complaints regarding the lack of PGR community (Bath SU, 2015; PdOC, 2017). Out... Read More
I love the Palace of Westminster. It’s truly one of them buildings I think everyone in the country should visit at least twice. It’s filled like an over amended bill... Read More
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. It was widely believed that Labour did unexpectedly well in the UK’s 2017 general election because of a... Read More
Walking into Quay House at MediaCityUK, you can understand why many BBC staff are quite happy with the move from London. Luxurious modern offices. Clean white walls. Well kept. Not... Read More
2017 was really terrible, wasn’t it? We all thought that 2016 was bad, then boom, here comes 2017 with a concoction of sexual misconduct scandal, an election that completely fucked... Read More
Image: ijclark CC BY-NC-ND Do you remember the internet in 2004? The rules of engagement were almost unrecognisable to the ones of today. Anonymity was supreme. The advice for... Read More
Keyboard warriors or just forgotten citizens? The people who abuse MPs online Liam Mcloughlin, University of Salford and Stephen Ward, University of Salford It is often perceived that people who... Read More
Debunking Liam Fox’s post-Brexit Commonwealth trading block, using maps The speculation over the nature of EU trade post-Brexit has been wide, varied, and often contradictory. Ranging from all-out access to... Read More
Me: “I’ve been playing with Latex recently” PhD Supervisor: *Spits out coffee* “What?” Talking about word processors might be boring, but it’s a necessity. Every inch of productivity you... Read More
I originally wrote this piece a good while ago. But great minds think alike and the comparison between Nixon’s and Trump’s abhorrence for the press was too good not to... Read More
Liam Mcloughlin, University of Salford A recent spate of resignations by British parliamentarians has triggered some extremely tense by-elections, caused turmoil within the main political parties and left many constituents... Read More
During the Christmas holidays, I learned that a loved one had passed away. It’s an odd feeling, that initial surge of pain, followed by the worry of when ‘will that... Read More
Many politicos know the old tale: ‘Members of Parliament are not permitted to resign from their seats’. This leaves MPs with two allowed options to resign – choosing not to... Read More
(Warning – some elements on this blog may not work on mobiles) There is one Tweet that made me address this blog post’s title question. The tweet was made... Read More
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