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Why Don't We Care More About Climate Change?

Why don’t we care more about climate change? The climate crisis is reaching epic proportions. Experts are warning of an existential threat as soon 2040. While we’ve been hearing about the escalating severity of climate change for decades now, we’re yet to see a drastic shift in our attitudes towards it. For the most part, our habits remain unchanged –...

Published on 23 Apr 2019

The Treatment of Female Politicians is Putting Young Women Off Politics

It’s been over 100 years since the first women in the UK won their right to vote. Yet women still face enormous barriers to the corridors of power. Renew's Gwen Jones breaks down the struggles faced by women in power, and the effect it is having on our politics. The past few months and years have seen a torrent of...

Published on 17 Apr 2019

Why The Notre Dame Fire Feels Like Such a Tragedy

Renew's Gwen Jones discusses the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire - and why it is important we learn from it. The first time I saw Notre Dame Cathedral was in the summer of 2008, during my first visit to Paris as a child. Like so many girls my age, I’d been dreaming of the City of Love for months...

Published on 16 Apr 2019

Why Entitlement is So Damaging To Our Political System

In this opinion piece, Renew leader Annabel Mullin breaks down why entitlement is such a big problem in our political life. Throughout my time in politics, I’ve had a really big issue. It’s one that won’t go away and that irritates me in every realm of the political spectrum: entitlement. It doesn’t matter whether it is about votes, being present...

Published on 16 Apr 2019

Perspectives on a Woman's Life in Politics

In this opinion piece, Renew's Scotland coordinator Roberta Buchan muses on the things she has learnt in life - and how women everywhere can be better represented in politics. “I was ambitious, though I didn’t know exactly what I was shooting for. Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child - ‘What...

Published on 15 Apr 2019

Lessons From Belgium: Should Voting Be Compulsory?

Six million people signed a petition asking the government to revoke Article 50 - the mechanism by which the United Kingdom leaves the European Union - and stay in the EU. Leave activists talk of betrayal of the electorate. Had voting in the referendum been mandatory, would the past three years have seen the turmoil, discontent, and anger on both...

Published on 12 Apr 2019

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Why Don't We Care More About Climate Change?

The Treatment of Female Politicians is Putting Young Women Off Politics

Why The Notre Dame Fire Feels Like Such a Tragedy

Why Entitlement is So Damaging To Our Political System

Perspectives on a Woman's Life in Politics

Lessons From Belgium: Should Voting Be Compulsory?