Calum Paton is a History and Politics student at the University of Warwick. His writing focuses on American and British politics. Twitter: @Paton_Calum
Support NewsLeaf.com from as little as £1 by donating via PayPal by clicking here. Last week, the Times reported that despite the government approving the Withdrawal Agreement – negotiated with the EU to guarantee the UK’s exit from the European Union – the UK government were planning to disregard international law that they had agreed to, by violating […]
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*Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here.* On 10th of July 2020, Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Roger Stone, a Republican operative who in February of this year was sentenced to 40 months in prison on seven counts, including witness tampering and lying to investigators. Stone was a major Trump ally in 2016 […]
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*Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here.* The government’s decision to revert to predicted grades following the A-level results fiasco was based upon the significant impact that the grades algorithm had on university places for low-income students, entrenching the disadvantages that many already faced. With algorithms increasingly commonplace in decision making – […]
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*Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here.* Lebanese prime minister, Hassan Diab, was forced to resign over an explosion in Beirut that killed more than 200 people. Diab resigned after more than a third of the ministers in the Lebanese cabinet resigned since the explosion, which was caused after an explosion in […]
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*Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here.* After it was announced several months ago that Boris Johnson was looking for a press secretary, Britain reeled at the possibility of a party-political hack – akin to the United States’ Kayleigh McEnany – becoming the new face of British politics. Never one to shy […]
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Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here. The problem of police brutality in the United States is one that has been highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement, but the root cause of brutality runs parallel to the systemic racism in the United States. To solve the issue of police brutality, the United States […]
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Support NewsLeaf.com by becoming a Patron today by clicking here. If one thing is clear following the death of George Floyd, it is that the United States has a police brutality problem. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has grown to challenge the brutalisation of African American peoples in the United States, which has seen […]
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*Support NewsLeaf.com from as little as £1 via PayPal by clicking here. In recent days I have witnessed many disingenuous arguments being made about “white lives” and why those “don’t matter”, from many people who really ought to understand what the protests really mean. However, many people do not know what the meaning behind Black Lives Matter is, […]
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Image by Michal Jarmoluk from Pixabay With the news this week that, after a two month interlude, English football will soon be returning to our screens, football fans will not have to wait much longer to get their fix. With the Premier League set to return on 17th June and the English Football League set for the 20th June, the […]
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Image by Alfred Derks from Pixabay Now that you have had two weeks to read the top five books that I recommended for the duration of the lockdown, it’s time to change gear and take a look at my top five film recommendations. Anyone who knows me might be raising an eyebrow at this, with my infamously poor […]
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