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Multi-level marketing has been likened to a legal pyramid scheme – the backlash against it is growing
Máire O Sullivan, Edge Hill University There is a growing rumble of discontent against multi-level marketing (MLM) businesses. As well as a growing backlash from former MLM recruits, regulators are getting involved, too. Unfortunately, however, these businesses that have been likened to legal pyramid schemes are unlikely to disappear altogether. Multi-level marketing is the model…
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Is there hope for independent candidates in a snap election? A short history of MPs who go it alone
Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University British politics is in a state of flux. In the space of less than a year we’ve seen at least two new parties formed – The Brexit Party and the Independent Group for Change (formerly Change UK). We have seen MPs leave parties to join others. Chuka Umunna, for example,…
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Remain Alliance – can it halt Brexit and beat Boris Johnson?
Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University This week’s by-election in Brecon and Radnorshire will be the first formal test of the so-called Remain Alliance. The unusually short list of candidates in this contest is partly because parties such as the Green Party and Plaid Cymru, have stood down in favour of the Liberal Democrats. Campaign visits…
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Why conditional offers are better for students
As we enter the new application cycle, a fresh cohort of prospective students will again be confronted with unconditional offers (not based on their final exam results) or other incentivised offers to persuade them to choose a particular university. As this practice becomes increasingly common, key figures in education are questioning whether it really benefits…
