Issue #2, 22 nd April
France mourns after
Paris attack
two. After which he ran away and following
involvement from other police officers, the
suspect was shot and killed.
Muslim community divided from Western
communities, it’ll create a vessel that which
they can exploit. But most of all we stand with
Friday was due to be the final campaign day,
France and any other nation that suffers an
Shortly after the attack Le Pen used the attack
under election rules, in the race for the French
attack such is this, we remember those on the
to try and gain a political edge in the upcoming
presidency. However, the three leading presi-
scene who were seeking to help the situation;
election. In a televised addressed she called for
dential candidates, François Fillon, Emmanuel
the paramedics, doctors and nurses who treat-
the “closure” of all mosques in France. With
Macron and Le Pen, cancelled campaign events
ed the injured and the officers who put their
current French President stating, "The candi-
after the shooting. With the last round of
lives on the line to subdue the attacker.
date from National Front, like every drama,
voting on Sunday, whether this will tip the bal-
seeks to profit and use the situation to divide
We must also remember that atrocities such as
ance in favour of the far-right candidates Ma-
these happen daily elsewhere in the world,
and benefit for exclusively political ends.”
rine Le Pen.
there are wars being fought against ISIL where
It is at times such as these we remember that children are put through unimaginable scenari-
The shooting happened at 9pm local time
despite this attack, the world still revolves and os. Whilst this attack is atrocious, the world
when a car stopped in front of a police van,
moves forward. Clamouring in fear will only
moves on and dealing with the issues globally
after a man emerged from the car he opened
will be the only way to stop future attacks.
further the cause of those seeking to divide
fire on it with an automatic weapon. Instantly
Dividing the Western communities will only
our way of life and win for Le Pen would be a
killing one police officer and injuring another
cause further extremism.
victory for terrorism. They want to see the
Election 2017: high-
lights so far…
It has been a busy week for politicians after
Theresa May announced the general election
for the 8 th June. Both sides kicked off their
campaigns immediately, with May’s crowd
notably lacking and others pointing out that 3
of them were councillors brought in especially
for the event. Jeremy Corbyn however, took a
trip to the South Swindon constituency, a Con-
servative seat since 2010, following an event in
London for Labour supporters.
The Liberal Democrats have been making the
same noises they have done since the EU refer-
endum, claiming to be the only real opposition
to hard Brexit etc. Tim Farrow calls out May on
her decision to pursue a costly Brexit but then
states they would be willing to work with the
Conservatives in a coalition again. Whilst the
Greens call for a progressive alliance, involving
them, Labour and the Lib Dems, however, both
Labour and the Lib Dems have rejected the
call.
UKIP themselves have been silent except from
Nigel Farage, who has stated he will not be
standing in South Thanet again. With Former
UKIP MP, before quitting the party, Douglas
Carswell, announcing he will not stand stating
that after what he has achieved, he felt it was
the right time to move on. 12 Labour MPs have
also d