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My Political Hero: Jacques Delors
Ben Green talks about his political hero, Jacques Delors
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Wherever you may be: stay away from the trains
The embarrassment of Britain's failing railways
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Iphoneography?
It is now possible to take a course in iPhone photography; Ben Green tells us about it. As reported in the Mancunion last week, the London College of Kensington (a university…
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Give me back my twelve quid: the great tutorial swindle
There seems to be a growing trend amongst humanities lecturers to teach their tutorials through the medium of student-led presentations. It’s not exactly surprising, seeing as…
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What's all the fuss about?
There’s been a great deal of fuss lately over the government’s latest work experience programme backed, most notably, by Tesco. In fact, so loud has opposition to the scheme…
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If I were Ed Lester, I'd have done the same
I’m going to give you £100,000. Now here’s the choice: I can either put £60,000 in your bank account and give the rest to the government, or I can put £85,000 in a business…
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Rewards for failure
Comment & Debate Editor Ben Green takes a look at the real reason behind obscene bonuses, and has a modest proposal for making everything better In this quasi-free market society…
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A farewell tribute to the Mancunion
The Union’s ‘monster referendum’ is here and they’re casing for your votes on a great variety of matters. Many of the planned measures would undoubtedly improve the Union – the…
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Agree with us at your peril
Comment & Debate Editor Ben Green explains why the term ‘U-turn’ needs to be banished forever. It is virtually guaranteed that if you pick up any newspaper on any given day of the…
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It's a Goodwin for everybody
As has been prominently reported by every single news outlet in the country, Sir Fred Goodwin is now simply Mr Fred. He was stripped of his knighthood for his role in the collapse…
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You can buy extension cords for less than a fiver
Recently I have begun, or rather, attempted to begin, research for my dissertation (I won’t bore you with the title) only to discover that it is a task worthy of Sisyphus. But…