Elsie Haldane

Elsie is the Junior Editor-in-Chief of The New Federalist, and has recently gained a masters degree in Gender Studies. Elsie’s interests lie in the advancement of social equality on both a local and global scale, and believes that raising awareness is an important first step in tackling social injustice.

Articles de cet auteur (25)

‘We deserve to know’ : UK Ministers say ‘no’ to a public inquiry into the impact of Brexit

‘The impact that leaving the EU has had on the UK needs to become common knowledge…We deserve to know’. On the 24th of April, Westminster held a debate on the impact of Brexit. The leader of the debate was Martyn Day, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Scottish National Party (SNP), one of the (…)

mercredi 17 mai 2023

The UK and EU’s new Northern Ireland deal : what is the ‘Windsor Agreement’ ?

On Monday, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with President of the European Commission Ursela von der Leyen to discuss the Northern Ireland Protocol. These discussions took place in Windsor, close to one of the residences of the King, resulting in deals that have been named the ‘Windsor (…)

lundi 6 mars 2023

COP27 uncertainty and climate promises : What is UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s stance on the climate ?

The first few weeks of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s premiership have certainly been tumultuous. Becoming the third Prime Minister this year, he has been met with a host of challenges for the country upon taking up his post, including a cost of living crisis and an ongoing war in Europe. (…)

vendredi 11 novembre 2022

The UK-Rwanda deal and the bleak scope of refugee rights

In April this year, the UK government announced a deal with the government of Rwanda in which any person arriving to the UK ‘illegally’ could be sent to Rwanda on a one-way ticket for ‘processing’. The first flight as part of this controversial partnership was given the go-ahead last month. In a (…)

jeudi 7 juillet 2022

Part of the tapestry : the Roma community in the UK

In many ways, the lives of the Roma community in the UK (sometimes known as a sub-group called Romanichal Travellers) have become more difficult in recent years. They face relentless discrimination, with the most recent example showing itself in the government’s newly-passed law that even (…)

vendredi 3 juin 2022

“Una guerra dentro de una guerra” : bloqueo de los solicitantes de asilo trans* en la frontera ucraniana

La invasión de Ucrania ha devastado la vida de los civiles ucranianos. Para los grupos marginalizados, la guerra empeora y recrudece las desigualdades que ya existían. Las intersecciones de la opresión debido a la raza, la sexualidad, la identidad de género o la discapacidad presentan más (…)

jeudi 2 juin 2022

Elections en Irlande du Nord : symbole et enjeux d’un changement

Jeudi 5 mai 2022, les électeurs nord-irlandais étaient appelés à voter aux élections locales, renouvelant l’assemblée de la province britannique d’Irlande du Nord. Les résultats sont historiques : le parti républicain, le Sinn Féin (Nous-mêmes en Irlandais), a gagné le plus grand nombre de sièges à l’Assemblée d’Irlande du Nord, une première dans l’histoire de la province.

lundi 16 mai 2022

A symbol of change in Northern Ireland

On Thursday last week, Northern Irish voters went to the polling booths as part of UK-wide local council elections. The result was historic : the Irish republican party, Sinn Féin (We ourselves in Irish) gained the largest number of seats in the Northern Irish Assembly for the first time in the (…)

jeudi 12 mai 2022

‘A war within a war’ : blocking trans* asylum seekers at the Ukrainian border

The invasion of Ukraine has devastated the lives of Ukrainian civilians. For marginalised groups, war compounds inequalities that already exist and exacerbates them. The intersections of oppression due to race, sexuality, gender identity, or disability present further challenges in reaching safe (…)

mercredi 9 mars 2022

Ευρωπαϊκές προοπτικές στην COP26-επιτυχία ή αποτυχία ;

Αρχισυντάκτες από την Πολωνία, τη Γαλλία, τη Ρουμανία, τη Γερμανία, την Ιταλία, την Ελλάδα και το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο εξέφρασαν τόσο τα θετικά όσο και τα αρνητικά σημεία της Διάσκεψης για τη χώρα τους.

mardi 30 novembre 2021

Prospettive europee : l’outcome della COP26

Sulla scia della COP26, Eurobull e le sue edizioni partner hanno preparato un nuovo capitolo delle « Prospettive europee ». I contributi provenienti da Grecia, Italia, Francia, Gran Bretagna, Germania, Romania e Polonia offrono degli spunti unici e diversi su quello che sarebbe dovuto essere (…)

mardi 30 novembre 2021

Perspektywa europejska : COP26 z perspektywy młodych Europejczyków i Europejek

Polska (Wojciech Zajączkowski) Droga Polski do neutralności klimatycznej jest jak niejednoznaczna randka z Tindera. Stara się nie odkrywać wszystkich swoich kart i pomimo swojego uroku nie udaje się jej zaangażować. A jakie są fakty ? W grudniu 2019 r. polski rząd jako jedyny nie poparł celu (…)

mardi 30 novembre 2021
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