With Prince William questioning UK drug policy and the Liberal Democrats reaffirming their commitment to making marijuana legal for sale in the UK, despite the appointment of Vince Cable as leader, we wanted to take a look at some of the key arguments for legalising and taxing marijuana in the UK. Irrespective of…
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Internet Censorship Is Not The Way To Combat Terrorism
During the lead-up to the 2017 General Election, the Conservatives mentioned proposals to heavily censor the internet in order to curb terrorism. They had already been vocal about their desires to prevent encryption on services like WhatsApp in an attempt to stop terrorists sending untraceable messages and in the wake of the Manchester…
Chatter Episode 10 – Elizabeth Vos On The DNC Lawsuit, Clinton, Trump, and Russia
Elizabeth Vos of Disobedient Media is our guest on today’s show. Disobedient media have been doing a lot of fantastic coverage of the DNC hack, the DNC lawsuit, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz in general, so we highly recommend checking out their page if you want to read more from them! Below you’ll find our…
How The Conservatives Are Trying To Win Back Young Voters
The results of the 2017 election made it very clear to even the upper echelons of the Conservative Party that the youth vote was abandoning their party in droves. The Conservative vote share in the 2015 General Election amongst 18-29-year-olds was a respectable 32% to Labour’s 36%, but by 2017, that share had…
Chatter Episode 9 – Sam Ancliff on Activate and Young Conservatives
Sam Ancliff from Activate Britain was our guest on today’s show, he has been at the centre of a huge storm of controversy and hacking over the past week since the launch of Activate. He came on the show to talk about that controversy, why he wanted to be a part of Activate,…
What Is Net Neutrality And Why Is It Important?
Net neutrality is a concept that has been central to the growth of the internet. It guarantees that all traffic will be treated equally, regardless of where it is coming from and the fact that all traffic has (in most countries across the world) been treated equally is one of the greatest strengths…
