Last week, the BBC published a comprehensive set of new rules to ensure “the highest possible standards of impartiality across the organisation”. These guidelines were to apply to all BBC employees, ranging from Laura Kuenssberg to Gary Lineker.
Category: Opinion
COMMENT: How social media is ruining our lives
Before smartphones became a necessity to everyday life, it was much easier to focus exclusively on ourselves. This dependence makes it all the more difficult to tackle the problems they present us.
COMMENT: Formula One can’t say ‘We Race As One’ and continue to race in countries that don’t support diversity
On the track, Lewis Hamilton has overtaken Michael Schumacher as the most successful driver in the sport’s history, meanwhile off it he has spearheaded calls for more diversity in the sport. These calls led to F1 announcing its We Race As One campaign before the season opener in June.
COMMENT: Senator Hirono’s criticism of Amy Coney Barrett takes political correctness too far
The partisan brawl of the Supreme Court hearings stirred up a commotion across the pond. The function of the confirmation procedure was to determine whether President Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett was fit for the job – and the senate voted on Monday that she was.
COMMENT: China’s actions in Xinjiang cannot be ignored anymore
After the Holocaust, we said never again. But less than a century later one of the biggest cases of human rights abuse the world has ever seen, is happening in the North-Western province of Xinjiang, in China.
COMMENT: Trump’s use of Regeneron proves his pro-life politics are just a political facade
President Donald Trump has been doing everything in his power to restrict access to abortion services and prevent scientific research on fetal tissue during his time in
COMMENT: Sporadic mental health support is worse than none at all
Mental health month, which runs throughout October, prompts the usual ‘check-in with your friends’ discussions and posts across social media. However, it never lasts. One
PODCAST: Is sensitivity damaging freedom of expression?
The Overton Window, Salman Rushdie and The Equality Act 2010 come under the lens in this podcast. Recently, Amber Rudd, former Home Secretary, was disinvited from
Strange dancing, energy healers and cacao: my experience at an ecstatic dance class
We all love to dance, right? What about highly interactive dancing with strangers guided by a spiritual leader for hours on end without any booze
Hundreds of people sign petition against franchising of New Malden Post Office
Hundreds of people have signed a petition against the franchising of New Malden Post Office, which is due to fall into private hands in April.
