A call for an end to the war in Afghanistan is to be made on the 20th November in central London. A joint initiative between the ‘Stop The War Coalition’, CND, ‘the British Muslim Initiative’ and several other affiliated groups, a large number of people are expected to take part in the demonstration, which will call for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and for British troops to return home. The Stop the War Coalition, which was behind what is believed to be the largest demonstration in British history, …

Pub crawls for first year freshers is condemned in the local and national press
Carnage, the UK’s most well known student night out returned to Canterbury last month. Hundreds of students flocked from bar to bar around the town, just having time for a couple of drinks before being moved on to the next venue.
Carnage is notoriously known to be the night where students get drunk, dress inappropriately and disrupt the town. After the media have been disgusted by how students have acted on Carnage in recent weeks, the question is …

British National Party leader Nick Griffin causes a stir after his appearance on the political debate show

The shocking appearance of Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP, caused quite a stir amongst the audience and viewers of Question Time (22nd October, 2009). Although Question Time deals with the current and controversial affairs in politics, rarely have I seen this programme ignite such a nationwide debate. Had the BBC decided to bring him on in order to increase their audience? The show attracted three times more viewers at 7.8 million. The BBC’s …

Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, today announced that ID would no longer be compulsary and will now only be issued on a voluntary basis but the question has to be asked why they’re even bothering at all and not just scrapping it?
If you want to find out about what ID cards were all about then see this Q&A,but the gist of it was that everyone over the age of 16 in the UK would have their biometric data, finger prints and face scans added to a national register which would …

When watching a BBC documentary on knife and gun crime, there was a small patriotic cheer amongst me and my housemates when Canterbury was mentioned. After a moment, an awkward silence fell upon the room, “that’s not a good thing that Canterbury was mentioned”, whispered my housemate. She was right. Unfortunately it is the sad truth that gun and knife crime exists on our very doorstep, in the very town where we build our future and cement some of our finest memories. The very same town …

CCSU claimed a prestigious environmental award at a glitzy awards ceremony on Tuesday 7th April 2009.