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There was a meme on the internet recently that stated the question: 'what’s the most stupid thing you’ve ever spent your money on?' The answer, in jest, was three stock images collaged together of university students graduating. Despite the fact that the rising costs of going to university can be made light of in posts like these, the reason that they are funny for many students is the fact that, well, it’s true. In July, university minister Jo Johnson released a statement revealing the latest rise in the cost of acquiring a degree – a £250 increase from £9000 to £9250 passed by many newspapers as news that wasn’t even worthy of being published. Jo Johnson is Boris Johnson's less-shaggy-haired younger brother The fact is, we’ve simply got used to the government enforcing these rises without any challenging from MPs in parliament or the public – so we just accept it and carry on. But the truth is, paying £9,250 for a year’s education is ridiculous and ...

As with most things in life that divide opinion, it is hard to see both sides of the story until someone else presents you with an opposing view. When I saw Jeremy Corbyn, Labour-leader-extraodinaire and man of the people, invited out onto the Pyramid stage by Michael Eavis to give a celebratory, heart-warming speech, I was initially surprised and it didn't do anything but put a smile on face. Over the past few months, to my own shock, my head has been well and truly turned by Corbyn and his doting-father demeanour and jolly ways. No, I'm not yet a rich-loving, overzealous leftie, but by being a lot more open to the prospect of a non-Tory government in the lead up to this year's election, I have come to see that Corbyn is, on the face of it, none of the man that the Daily Mail make him out to be. I don't want to get too bogged down on the politics side of things. After all, there are still many of Jez's policies that I don't agree with. But for crying out lo...