Martin Shkreli maybe a Jerk but is a symptom of what’s wrong with Pharma Industry
By Ben Ramanauskas Martin Shkreli has managed to engender feelings of revulsion in the vast majority of the population. He incurred widespread odium when his company, Turing Pharmaceuticals, acquired the drug Daraprim, which is commonly used to treat toxoplasmosis, which kills people with weakened immune systems, such as people suffering from AIDS or undergoing chemotherapy. The parasite which causes toxoplasmosis lives inside of one third of the population, in tiny cysts that go undetected because they are quarantined in our...
The surrealist Twitter art of George Galloway
By Darragh Roche Confession time: I follow George Galloway on Twitter. Like the dozens of political accounts in my newsfeed, Galloway's can usually pass unnoticed in the blur. Recently, however, I was drawn to his page following some posts about the Grassroots Out campaign – a pro-Brexit group that's seen Galloway buddying up with UKIP's Nigel Farage. Scrolling through the former Big Brother contestant's tweets, the surreal beauty of it all revealed itself to me. It was like the moment...
The OECD has called for less Austerity…Will Europe Listen?
By Dean Hochlaf Since the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent economic downturn, Europe has pursued a course of vigorous austerity, in a desperate attempt to reign in government spending which spiralled after a series of high profile bank bail-outs. In Britain austerity is practically synonymous with Chancellor George Osborne. In Europe, it is Wolfgang Schäuble, the indomitable German Finance Minister who best encapsulates the continents commitment to austerity policies. The fascination with austerity borders on the dogmatic. The Greek economy...
A weekend in Bournemouth
by Shilpa Ganatra, travel editor Oh I do like to be beside the seaside. And you do too - don’t pretend you don’t. For all that city living offers us, there’s no replicating the sea air, or spectacular coastal views. With that in mind, I packed up our weekend bag and hopped in the car for a weekend in Bournemouth, a place I last went on a family trip in my pre-teens. Luckily, it’s changed since then. Around three hours...
Cameron Negotiates for Chancellor to Drop Him off a Gram of Coke & Half an E
David Cameron has hailed a breakthrough in his on-going negotiations in Brussels, as he persuaded Gideon Osborne to drop him off some party powders, to get him through the next 24 hours talks. Cameron said: "I told him I'd pay his travel and he can charge me £80 for the £50 stuff, that won him over." A dilated PM said: “You know what I was wrong about Donald Tusk, he is actually a really interesting guy, I could listen to him...
The Weekly Cocktail Recipe – The Exiles Gin Julep
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Having enjoyed an impressive popularity resurgence in recent years, gin is currently taking the drinks market by storm. Last year, for instance, gin sales in the UK surpassed the £1 billion mark for the first time ever, and are predicted to steadily increase in the near future, what with just about every London bar jumping on board to accommodate demand. But it’s not just London and our famous gins that are being embraced, instead...
The UK Supreme Court Decision on Joint Enterprise is a Victory for Justice and Equality
By Ben Ramanauskas On the 28th January 1953, 19-year-old Derek Bentley was executed by the State. Despite desperate appeals for clemency from his barrister, politicians, and members of the public, he was hanged at 9am at Wandsworth Prison, London. Bentley had struggled throughout his life with developmental problems and various tests revealed that he had a very low IQ and was judged to be ‘mentally substandard’ and unfit for military service by the the Medical Officers of the British Armed...
Iain Duncan Smith approves cuts to disabled people on assumption “enough will die.”
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Iain Duncan Smith is giving the green light to almost a 20 per cent cut in support for people with disabilities. Funds available for disabled people who used to access the ILF (Independent Living Fund) will be reduced by nearly a fifth over the next four years. Government ministers have said the measures are appropriate as the claimant number will fall, however campaigner Linda Burnip claims this is calculated “based on the hope enough people...
TLE Meets….Nick Cody
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor At only 28 years of age, Nick has already headlined comedy clubs all over Australia, perfomed at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and the New York Comedy Festival. He is currently performing at the Soho Theatre until 27th Feb (not Sunday 21st) You're bringing your show Beard Game Strong to London's Soho Theatre, can you tell us a bit about the show?It's a combination of the funniest stories from my life and opinions that may...