PROFESSOR JOHN MEARSHEIMER: THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE Kings Politics 2022-02-21 | The views expressed in this video are not those of King's Politics or King's College.Information on how you can support Ukraine: ukrainewar.carrd.coThis interview was recorded on Tuesday 15th February before Russia invaded Ukraine.Professor John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He graduated from West Point in 1970 and then served five years as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. He has published six immensely influential books on international relations theory. In 2020, he won the James Madison Award, which is given once every three years by the American Political Science Association to “an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science.”
Jeremy Corbyn | Exclusive Speech and Q&A | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-07-02 | On the 14th June 2022 at 5pm, King's Politics was joined virtually by Jeremy Corbyn where he gave a speech touching on numerous issues, from the war in Ukraine to the environment, followed by a Q&A.Jeremy Corbyn is the Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983. He served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 2015 to 2020. Throughout his political career he has championed numerous causes, such as his involvement in the Stop the War Coalition to oppose the war in Afghanistan and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Upon his election as Leader of the Labour Party in 2015, he positioned the Labour Party on a platform of anti-austerity, pro-renationalisation and a less interventionist foreign policy. He currently sits at an Independent Member of Parliament.
Lady Hale | The Overturning of Roe V. Wade & Her Career | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-07-01 | On Wednesday 1st June at 6pm, King's Politics was joined virtually by Lady Hale, Former President of the UK Supreme Court. She provides some insights on the recent situation regarding the overturning of Roe v Wade as well as general reflections on her life and improvements in the judiciary. Lady Hale was appointed as President of the Supreme Court in 2017, a position which she held until 2020, becoming the only women to be appointed to this position. In 1984, she would become the first women and the youngest person to be appointed to the Law Commission in 1948.Having been a trailblazer in the legal sphere, she is a notable advocate for greater diversity in the judicial system and the need for the judiciary to reflect the diversity of the country.
Jacob Rees-Mogg | Full Interview and Q&A | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-07-01 | King's Politics was joined virtually by Jacob Rees Mogg on the 19th November at 2.30pm. He joined us to discuss everything, from the governments handling of the pandemic to what comes after in politics as the pandemic hopefully recedes.Jacob Rees Mogg has been the MP for North East Somerset since 2010. In 2019, he became the Leader of the House of Commons and the Lord President of the Council. Rees-Mogg co-founded a hedge fund management business Somerset Capital Management LLP. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he is a notable Eurosceptic, campaigning for leave in the 2016 referendum and joining the European Research Group. He is very well known for his traditional public image and mannerisms, even being nicknamed as the "Honourable Member for the 18th Century"
Richard Tice | The Future of Brexit | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-06-30 | King's Politics was joined by Richard Tice on the Wednesday 2nd March at 5pm, the current leader of Reform UK.Richard Tice is a politican and businessman. He is known co-founding pro-Brexit campaigns Leave EU and Leave Means Leave as well as the Brexit Party. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England in the 2019 European Parliament Election, holding the position until the UK's withdrawal from the EU in Janurary 2020. He is currently the leader of Reform UK, working alongside Nigel Farage as President
Former M16 Officer Christopher Steele | Why Putin Actually Invaded Ukraine | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-06-11 | King's Politics was joined by Christopher Steele onn the 13th May. Besides authoring the Steele Dossier, he also ran the Russia desk at M16 and will be giving his insights on the present situation in Russia and Ukraine.Christopher Steele was a former M16 officer from 1987 up until his retirement in 2009. At M16 he ran the Russia desk between 2006 to 2009. He is well known for stirring controversy after authoring the "Steele Dossier" which claimed misconduct and cooperation between Trump's presidential campaign and the government of Russia before and during the 2016 election campaign. Among other claims, the Steele dossier alleged Trump campaign members worked with Russian operatives to damange the canidancy of Hillary Clinton and benefit Trump.
Bill Browder on How the Putin Regime Will Collapse | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-05-19 | On the 18th May King's Politics was joined by political activist Bill Browder!Bill Browder is an American-born British financier and political activist. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hermitage Capital Management, which was once the largest foreign investor in Russia. In 2015, he was refused entry to Russia and declared a threat to national security. His offices would subsequently be raided 18 months later by officers of the Russian interior Ministry. His lawyer and friend, Sergei Magnitsky, would investigate these crimes and uncover significant levels of fraud committed by Russian state companies. He was subequently arrested, tortured and killed in custody. Since his death, Bill Browder has lobbied for the Magnitsky Act, which allows the freezing of assets for those who committed human rights atrocities
Tasnime Akunjee | Shamima Begums Lawyer Kings Politics 2022-04-02 | On the 25th February 2022, King's Politics was joined by Tasnime Akunjee, Shamima Begum's Lawyer Tasnime Akunjee is a criminal defense solicitor in the field of Terrorism and Terrorism related offending. He is well known for being the Shamima Begum's family lawyer. He has been advocating for Shamima Begum to be allowed to return to the UK. But in Feburary 2019, the Home Secretary revoked her citizenship. In July 2020, the Court of Appeal ruled that Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to contest this decison but this was appealed the Supreme Court who in Feburary 2021 ruled against her. Tasnime Akunjee will talk to us about the future of this case as well as why she should be allowed to return in principle and the implications of the government and Supreme Court's decision to revoke citizenship.
Professor Steven Pinker | Rationality & The Invasion of Ukraine | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-03-27 | Professor Steven Pinker joined King's Politics virtually on the 3rd March 2022 to discuss not only his new book on Rationality but also Russia and the Invasion of Ukraine with reference to his book "The Better Angels of our Nature".Steven Pinker is a cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author and a public intellectual. He is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard Unviersity, specialising in developmental linguistics and visual cognition. He has written multiple books, from The Language Instinct to How the Mind Works and Enlightenment Now. He featured in Times's "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World Today" and Foreign Policy's "Top 100 Global Thinkers" across multiple years. He is known for being an advocate for evolutionary psychology and the computation theory of mind.
Lord Neuberger | Former President of the Supreme Court | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-03-26 | On Friday 4th February 2022 King's Politics was joined by Lord Neuberger, former President of the UK Supreme Court!Lord Neuberger is the former President of the United Kingdom Supreme Court from 2012 to 2017. Before this, he was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary until 2009 when he became Master of the Rolls, the second most senior judge in England and Wales. He as been involved in numerous notable cases through his career, from Stack v Dowden (2007) to British Airways plc v Unite the Union. He is currently a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and chair of the High-Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
Lord Sumption | Reflections on Lockdown | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2022-03-25 | On Monday 15th November, at 5pm, Lord Sumption joined King's Politics to give a talk titled "Reflections on Lockdown".Lord Sumption is a former judge of the United Kingdom Supreme Court between 2012 and 2018. Prior to this, he was a barrister for multiple high profile legal cases. Most notably, in 2012 he defended Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, against a private lawsuit by Boris Berezovsky, a Russian Oligarch. Besides his legal career, he is a well-respected historian, having authored a narrative history of the Hundreds War Years' War. He has come under spotlight in the past year and a half for his critical view and opposition to implementing lockdowns to mitigate against the pandemic.
RORY STEWART: PARTYGATE, RUSSIA/UKRAINE & AFGHANISTAN | KINGS POLITICS Kings Politics 2022-02-21 | Rory Stewart is a former politican, academic and diplomat. He was the MP for Pentrith and the Border from 2010 to 2019. He served in four different government departments, notably in the cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development in May 2019, resigning in July after losing in the Conservative leadership election to Boris Johnson who became Prime Minister. He is a Senior Fellow at Yale's Instiute for Global Affairs. In 2008, Brad Pitt brought the rights to make a film about Stewart's life.
JON SOPEL: Obama, Trump and Biden, what three US Presidents tell us about the state of the world. Kings Politics 2021-12-13 | As Jon Sopel's time as the BBC's North America Editor draws to a close, he joins us to talk about what he has learnt across his remarkable career.Jon Sopel is the BBC's North America Editor. He has been the main presenter on BBC World News and the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent. He has extensively covered the Presidencies of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden, as well as covering Hurricane Katrina, the South Africa World Cup and the Eurozone crisis. He as written a number of books, his most recent is UnPresidented: Politics, Pandemics and the Race that Trumped All Others. He is currently the odds on favourite to replace Laura Kuenssberg as the BBC's Political Editor. Interview by Tom Matthew
JUSTINE GREENING: Education, Social Mobility and Levelling Up Kings Politics 2021-12-13 | Justine Greening joins us to talk about the future of levelling up, education and social mobility.Justine studied economics at Southampton University before studying for an MBA from the London Business School. Justine was a finance manager at Centrica plc before being elected as a Member of Parliament in 2005. She was appointed as a Vice Chairman of he Conservative Party, with responsibility for youth. Justine has held a number of senior government positions including Secretary of State for Transport, Secretary of State for International Development, and Secretary of State for Education. She is the co-founder of the Social Mobility Pledge.Interview by Tom Matthew
NOAM CHOMSKY: The Fall of Afghanistan and Intervention in the Middle East Kings Politics 2021-12-13 | Noam Chomsky joins King's Politics to talk about the fall of Afghanistan and intervention in the Middle East.Noam Chsomky is an academic of significant accomplishment, often hailed as the "father of modern linguistics" and one of the founders of cognitive science. He is currently Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has authored more than 150 books, ranging from "Manufacturing Consent" to "Who Rules The World" and "On Palestine". Aside from his significant accomplishments in academia, he is an outspoken political activist, publicly opposing the Vietnam War and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, whilst supporting the Occupy movement.Interview by Mizanur Rahman
Femi Oluwole: THE POLITICAL DISASTER OF BREXIT Kings Politics 2021-11-02 | Femi Oluwole is a political activist, well-known for his pro-remain and European Union advocacy. He is one of the founders of Our Future Our Choice, a pro-European Union group. He features regularly in the media in support of these ideals and he has contributed to numerous newspapers, from the The independent to The Guardian.
THB Individualism is Failing | Kings Politics and Fitzwilliam Debating Kings Politics 2021-11-01 | King's Politics and Fitzwilliam debating collaborate to put together a debate with the motion "This House Believes Individualism Has Failed". The audience voted 25-22 in favour of the motion.
THB Boris Johnson made the best out of a difficult situation with his handling of the pandemic Kings Politics 2021-10-26 | Join the chairs of the Cambridge University Labour and Conservative Societies as we debate the motion "THB Boris Johnson made the best out of a difficult situation with his handling of the pandemic"!The opposition won by overwhelming majority.
Gavin Esler | The Future of the United Kingdom Kings Politics 2021-10-20 | We were honoured to welcome Gavin Esler to King's Politics to talk about his incredible career in journalism, the future of the UK, English nationalism and how we can keep the UK together.Gavin Esler is an author, veteran journalist and broadcaster, and was the main presenter of Newsnight for 12 years. He was the BBC's North America Editor and he has interviewed countless world leaders including Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron, President Clinton, President Carter and King Abdullah of Jordan, and writers and artists including Dolly Parton and Angelina Jolie. Esler is the Chancellor of the University of Kent, and a voting member of BAFTA. He stood as a candidate for Change UK in the May 2019 European Parliament election.
Kings Politics | Changing the world: activism and leadership Kings Politics 2021-10-18 | What is leadership? What is activism? Can young people change the world? We were honoured to be joined by three incredible leaders to help us dive in to all things activism, leadership, and the role young people can play in changing the world.Jayathma Wickramanayake is the second UN Secretary General's Envoy on Youth, appointed in 2017. She works to expand the engagement, participation and advocacy efforts of youth across the four main pillars of the work of the United Nations: development, human rights, peace and security and humanitarian action. Born in Sri Lanka, she is the second youngest ever senior UN Official since the UN was formed in 1945. Sophie Daud is the CEO of the Future Leaders Network and the chairperson of the 2021 Y7 Summit. She has worked in the Cabinet Office's Civil Contingencies Secretariat and was the Head of the Accelerated Development Schemes at the Cabinet Office where she was responsible for the leadership training given to the top 1000 Civil Servants. Sophie has worked across Government in a number of policy roles including as a Behavioural Scientist. She studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in the History and Philosophy of Science. Tessy Ojo CBE is the Chief Executive of The Diana Award, a charity that has developed internationally recognised programmes supporting young people to create positive change. Tessy is the first British National to be honoured with the prestigious Martin Luther King Award for her innovative approach to leadership and humanitarian work. British Airways named Tessy one of the top 100 British Leaders. She sits on numerous boards including the BBC’s Appeals Advisory Committee, Comic Relief, The Royal Taskforce on Cyberbullying and the UK Council For Child Internet Safety.
NAZIR AFZAL OBE: Its not about womens safety, its about male violence. Kings Politics 2021-10-11 | Nazir Afzal OBE is the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for North-West England. He was Chief Executive of the country’s Police & Crime Commissioners and is the National Adviser on Gender Based Violence to the Welsh Government. At the forefront of criminal justice for 24 years, he has prosecuted some of the most high profile cases in the country and he has led national conversations on violence against women and girls, child sexual abuse, and honour based violence. Nazir is on the advisory board of Google’s Innovation Fund for counter-extremism.
KINGS POLITICS MICHAELMAS TERMCARD: IN MOTION Kings Politics 2021-10-04 | Welcome to the Michaelmas 2021 King's Politics term card! Over the next eight weeks we will be welcoming people from dozens of different fields whose actions, decisions and ideas shape our world. In addition to our Speakers Series, we will be holding debates, panel discussions, and there will be weekly blogs, for more information, visit our website: www.kingspol.com and our social medias: @KingsPolitics.All our events are free and open to everyone; to attend our events register via the sign up link distributed on our social medias and mailing lists prior to the event.
EMILY LAU: Resistance, Advocacy and Championing the People Kings Politics 2021-09-11 | Emily Lau was a long-serving member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and chairperson of the Democratic Party. The first woman elected to the city's legislature, she successfully contested seven consecutive elections both before and after the British handover of Hong Kong to China before stepping down in 2016.A famously outspoken warrior for democratic reform, free press and human rights, Ms Lau - a former journalist who chaired the Hong Kong Journalists Association from 1989 - 1991 - continues to host her own online show and to champion democratic development in Hong Kong.It was an honour to welcome Ms Lau to King’s Politics!
Judith Butler | Kings Politics Live Kings Politics 2021-03-06 | On Friday March 5, at 6pm UK time, we are joined by Judith Butler. Best known for their work on gender performativity and feminist theory, Butler has served as the Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California in Berkeley since 1998.
Sir Vince Cable | An Online Event with Kings Politics Kings Politics 2020-12-04 | On November 4th, we were joined by the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable. Between 2010-2015, Vince Cable served as Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills. He was also the MP for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and then from 2017 to 2019.
Ece Temelkuran | How to Lose a Country: From Democracy to Dictatorship | Kings Politics Kings Politics 2020-12-04 | On Monday 16th November, we were joined by the journalist and writer, Ece Temelkuran. Ece Temelkuran has written for The Guardian, the New Left Review, the New York Times, and the Berliner Zeitung. She has won many awards for her work, including the Pen for Peace Award and Turkish Journalist of the Year. She is the author of the best-selling book, “How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship”, as well as “Deep Mountain: Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide”, and “Turkey: The Insane and the Melancholy”.
Noam Chomsky | An Online Event with Kings Politics Kings Politics 2020-12-03 | This was a live streamed discussion conducted on December 2nd with Professor Noam Chomsky, one of the most well-known and respected linguists and political activists in the world.Noam Chomsky is the author of over 100 books, including “Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance”, “Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media”, “Who Rules the World?”, “Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and the Global Order”, and “Internationalism or Extinction”. Noam’s latest book is “Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet”, which was published by Verso this year.
