The Inkling Volume 2

his year. Across the world,
have become popular, and
year of change. Here’s your
s politics:
ald Trump was inaugurated
nt of the United States of
election campaign was
of the most controversial
scandal popping up almost
so far America seems to be
president - the American
and a feeling of respect for
ttled amongst the American
ll tell as to whether or not
president for the US - but if
ans anything, then he is
ne..
on the 23rd of April - but
ajority. This led to a second
re the top two candidates
f French President. One of
as Marine Le Pen of the
arty similar to the BNP,
g), and the other was
who was an independent
ot join any parties. For the
this voting system was
pendent party won the vote,
he French Prime Minister.
Theresa May called a snap
she could increase the
in parliament - I think it’s
ackfired on her MASSIVELY.
en win a majority, the
forced to form a coalition
Unionist Party (DUP) of
bour grew their share in
parliament by a massive 32 seats, leaving May
embarrassed and the government a lot weaker:
not quite the result she was looking for.
Brexit
Last year, the UK voted to leave the EU. After
failing to convince the public to vote remain,
David Cameron resigned as prime minister, and
Theresa May stepped into the spotlight. This year,
May has begun the long negotiations in Brussels,
and it seems that she’s had a small amount of
progress - emphasis on ‘small’. Juncker and the
European Committee are proving to be tough, and
May is arguing every single detail about Brexit.
Slowly, the negotiations seem to be coming along
- at least we’ve got until 2019 to figure out a deal
with the rest of Europe.
North Korea
I think we all know who will be the focus for this
section - Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (I didn’t
make that up, that’s his actual title in Korea). This
year, North Korea have been testing their nuclear
missiles, firing them over neighbouring countries
like Japan and are also becoming increasingly
aggressive to bordering South Korea, with whom
they have been in a ceasefire since 1953. Are
these signs of a new war brewing? Probably not.
After all, North Korea has had nuclear weapons
for about 11 years, and they haven’t used them -
yet…
Overall, it’s been a pretty crazy year. We live in a
time of change: a time of new people with new
agendas, and the world (and its leaders) has
never been more diverse. Who knows what next
year will be like?