By Giorgia Vittorino It has been two years since the Windrush scandal came to public attention in 2018. The scandal, which surfaced during Theresa May’s administration, resulted in hundreds of Caribbean immigrants falling victim to unjust immigration enforcement, with many being detained and deported. Those who had arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1973,…
Category: Social Affairs
The latest on Pornhub’s sex trafficking allegations
Everybody’s favourite porn site? Or is the friendliness just a veneer? Pornhub was created in 2007 and has supposedly allowed illegal and exploitative content to exist on the site ever since. Christian anti-sex trafficking organisation Exodus Cry has created a mass campaign to bring this issue to light. *trigger warning for mentions of rape, sexual…
Glasgow stabbings reveal how the UK fails asylum seekers
By Iona Holmes Just a few weeks ago, reports concerning the appalling conditions that asylum seekers were being subjected to in Glasgow hotels started to trickle through media outlets. When a stabbing occurred at the city’s Park Inn Hotel on the 26th June, the news instantly hit the headlines. Following some initial misreporting, the facts…
Screens, sanitisers, and salty looks | What to expect from coronavirus bars
The time has come. Four months of lockdown in the UK has come to an end and the world is finally ‘healing’ as the public can now enter their local pub for a freshly poured pint. For many, this day has been awaited and anticipated; a social experience cherished. But what are the bars actually…
Is our NHS racist? How white-washing and institutional racism impact race disparities in British healthcare
By Laura Whitter Special mention to ‘Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race’ by Reni Eddo-Lodge, which significantly aided the writing of this article and is an absolute must-read. In the wake of the Public Health England report into the disparate risks and outcomes of COVID-19, the demand for investigation into racial…
What COVID-19 has revealed about the worsening quality of life amongst children in the UK
By Giorgia Vittorino With Marcus Rashford’s efforts this week to highlight the importance of food vouchers and aid beyond the school environment, it is more vital than ever to analyse what effects the coronavirus pandemic has had on children across the UK. COVID-19 has highlighted the severity of economic inequality in the United Kingdom, much…
Mental health first aid training is vital in education, now more than ever
By Susanna Cirulli As children start to go back to school, the safeguarding of their mental health, particularly in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, is of the utmost importance. Before COVID-19, child mental health was in crisis. Although discussions around mental health and wellbeing are gradually becoming more open, the crisis is growing exponentially…
Incarceration and COVID-19: what the pandemic has revealed about the UK prison system
By Alice O’Connell Lockdown restrictions have proved insufferable for people across the country, with many members of the public feeling imprisoned in their own homes – but what about those who are, in fact, in prison or awaiting trial? As part of lockdown measures, inmates now receive less than one hour a day spent out…
21st-century North-South divide: the bleak reality of child poverty
Last week, a study carried out by Loughborough University revealed the harrowing extent of child poverty in the UK and the great disparity that exists between the North and South of England. With the North East, North West and Yorkshire all experiencing an increase in child poverty cases at least two times greater than any…