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'LET THEM STAY' 

EU nationals living in the UK before Brexit should be allowed to stay here permanently, expert panel recommends

This story was taken from the Sun, and written by Alain Tolhurst.


Theresa May has been accused of being morally wrong by not guaranteeing the status of over 3 million European nationals living in the country, until the rights of the British on the continent can be guaranteed.

"The panel, which included a cross-party group of MPs, said all 2.8 million EU nationals should be eligible for permanent residence with the same health, social and education rights as British citizens."

I chose this story as when searching through both the Sun and Daily Mail it was the only story with any real impact, with the majority of articles speculating around the new X Factor Winner Matt Terry being gay, or who was best dressed at the Critics Choice awards.

I personally agree that it would be unfair to deport on deny EU nationals the same rights, if they have been living here before the Brexit vote, they came here with the expectation for a certain standard of living and quality of life, and potentially voted in the EU referendum themselves, making them part of the British society and voting system, and should therefore receive the same consequences and rights as British people Brexit. For Theresa May to bargain the rights of these nationals, for the rights of the British in mainland Europe, seems a little far fetched as Britain made it's own decision to leave the EU therefore sacrificing certain rights, and therefore can't pick and chose benefits it wants to remain a part of, that is the consequence of the Brexit vote.

This story is a good example for a case study of events and issues as it highlights issues with nationalism and the consequences of the very historic Brexit vote in 2016.

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Weekly News 36

Mother of two, 34, is arrested for 'sexually assaulting' three 15-year-old male students at the high school where she taught

• Nicole Dufault, 34, is charged with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child
• The mother of two is accused of assaulting three 15-year-old boys at Columbia HS in Maplewood, New Jersey
• Dufault, a mother of two, allegedly assaulted the boys at her car and on school property

Daily Mail, written by 'Mail Online Reporter'

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My Life Through Music

My first experience's of music were largely what my parents and grandparents listened to in the car taking me, and also some of my mum's friends who would look after me whilst she was studying. My very first memory of music would be Michael Jackson's Thriller, as my Nan had the 13 minute long music video on a DVD, and I would watch it on repeat for hours. Aside from that my main music influence would come from Disney Film's such as The Jungle Book and Lion King with particular preference towards, 'The Bare Necessities' and 'I Just Can't Wait To Be King'.

When I went to primary school, my affiliation with musicals was still strong as I was introduced to films such as Grease (which again I would watch on repeat). However I was exposed to more 'pop' music but mainly aimed at children my age such as 'The Fast Food Song' and 'the Macerena' which I was mainly exposed to at discos and children's parties. During the end of primary school I started listening to the songs that my brother was listening to, such as Green Day and Bowling for Soup, as I would borrow his Walkman however I was too young to download songs for myself so would just listen to whatever he put on.

During High School my music taste was significantly less exciting, listening to songs in the charts

such as Beautiful People by Chris Brown and Runaway Baby by Bruno Mars. During this period also I went to the West End a lot so my relationship with musicals furthered, particularly with shows such as Chicago, Wicked and Matilda.

I don't particularly like music these days, I find a lot of the songs sound the same, or lack actual lyrics. The songs i mainly listen to now are throwbacks to the 90's and 00's including my favourite song 'American Boy' by Estelle ft Kanye West, however I do like some newer Beyonce songs such as 'Sorry' and 'Daddy Lesson's.

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Donald goes to war as Hillary backs recount: Trump accuses the media of IGNORING electoral fraud, claims 'millions' voted illegally, says he WON the popular vote - and calls Clinton a hypocrite

This story comes from the Daily Mail 'U.S' section as is written by Nicki Schwab, and follows after 3 major electoral college states, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, have called for a recount. Since the announcement of the victory of President elect Donald Trump there has been a string of riots and protests, with claims that overall Clinton actually received more votes, and it was the college voting system which awarded Trump his presidency.

 
the outrage sparked is somewhat more humorous as during his campaign, Trump stated that if Clinton won the election, the voting would have been fixed, and also claimed millions that did vote for Clinton, did so illegally.
I personally believe it will be safer for Trump to remain the President elect for the United States as his policies are so extreme, and absurb, that they (hopefully) will never get passed in Congress, compared to Clinton who could easily have policy passed, which could negatively affect the country, however having the first black president to then the first female president, would be very significant in the diversification and modernisation of the U.S.

'Amy' Review

The Oscar award winning documentary Amy, (2015)  was directed by Asif Kapadia and uses a mixture of home videos, magazine photographs, television interviews and audio interviews with her friends to tell her story of her rise and fall with fame.

The film reveals the lesser known story of how Amy Winehouse came into the music industry, and how relationships between her friends, family and her relationships caused her demise. The narrative of the film is similar to that of a Greek tragedy, and centres around Amy, the protagonist, and shows  both her own career decisions led her to a certain path and also the heavy interventions of characters such as her Father, Mitch Winehouse and her long term boyfriend, Blake Fielder. 

Kapadia demonstrates the massive influence/importance of music in Amy's life through the narration via her own song lyrics, both released recordings and captured on home video, that creates the illusion of that the film is some kind of diary make the whole documentary personal to Amy herself. 

Kapdia is a british filmmaker himself which makes the documentary feel more genuine with a British subject such as Amy Winehouse, other films he's made include Senna about the Brazillian Formula One race driver, which won 2 BAFTA film awards, and was nominated for a various other selection. 

Coursework proposal: Update

The idea behind my music video, following on from my research investigation of the representation is to try subvert the representation of women through the common theme of dancing (used in both Blurred Lines and Carry Out of my specific references)

Two of my friends from high school were part of the BGT 2015 finalist and World Champions dance group of Entity of Unity Academy.

 

I plan to have the twins dressed in 'masculine clothing' i.e hoodies and oversized tracksuits etc, dancing in different locations to a remix of 'This is a Man's World' by James Brown. 

At the end of the video the girls will remove their hoods and reveal that they are actually female, therefore subverting the stereotypes of both men and music videos, and showing that women can be assets and features in music videos without having to be sexualised.