Politicised

Ethan, Ewan and Bruce - three A level politics students - discuss crime and punishment

Ethan, Ewan and Bruce - three A level politics students - discuss the solutions to crime and punishment

A level politics students Ewan, Ethan and Bruce discuss how they would like to see UK prisons evolve

What are the limits of freedom? To what extent is it justifiable for the government to limit our freedom? Is a paternalistic state beneficial to individuals and society?

In the second episode, we address the growing concern of the overgrowth of the state; especially when it comes to protecting our own rights and freedoms. With the recent Police and Crime bill in the UK, the response to Coronavirus restrictions in the United States, and the issue of the preservation of certain rights, but not others, the question is being asked more than ever. Are there alternatives? Does radical anarchism provide the answer? Or does the state actually have a duty to protect its citizens through law?  Many thinkers, Thomas Hobbes to name one, have attempted to defend the right of the state to dictate its citizens' rights. However, with growing awareness of our own freedoms, are we more vulnerable than ever to tyranny? Politicised will delve deep into the differing viewpoints and face these questions in hope of understanding this complex issue.

A discussion looking at the extent to which civil liberties can be legitimately curbed by the state

This episode, we discuss the inevitability of poverty; whether in the current system of capitalism the world is resigned to having a wealth gap and whether a different ideology would prevent this. Exploring the ramifications, reasons for, and the different aspects of poverty, this episode seeks to deconstruct this longstanding issue.