Black and minority ethnic women are the most likely of all NHS staff groups to experience discrimination from patients or colleagues. Systemic discrimination is the single biggest impediment to their career progression.
Brexit: Unsettled and still not settleable
Professor Chris Grey || 15 min readBrexit has failed to secure public support for its current form, with the latest opinion poll showing roughly half of the population would vote to rejoin the EU, and a clear majority thinks it was a mistake to leave the EU.
Ed Balls and George Osborne’s new podcast is essential listening – but not for the reasons they think
Professor Danny Dorling || 6 min readIn a new podcast, former chancellor George Osborne and former shadow chancellor Ed Balls have revealed how their parties collaborated on devising some of the most damaging policies of the past 20 years.
Political leaders need a grand narrative – Rishi Sunak’s is a story of decline
Dr Alex Prior || 5 min readThe prime minister has acknowledged that a narrative of national decline is setting in – but he has been unable to disentangle himself from it.
COVID Today 🦠 4 October 2023
1 min readToday’s COVID-19 data.
Sunak’s Net Zero policy shift sparks controversy
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RAAC: The list of schools at risk in England
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Multicultural man, Rishi Sunak
3 min read50 years after Peter Adler’s “Multicultural man”, Rishi Sunak’s diverse identity challenges stereotypes and raises questions on multiculturalism.
What a section of the UK’s Sikh community says is happening to it
3 min readThe Sikh Council UK seems to be trying to stir suspicions against India. Were they to succeed, it would be profoundly damaging in all sorts of ways.
EU Citizens: Cruel and unjust refusals in the EU Settlement Scheme
4 min readThe Home Office’s stringent policies are resulting in unnecessary hardship for EU citizens. Recent immigration rule adjustments have resulted in unfair rejections and a convoluted administrative process.
Sunak should be wary of backtracking on net zero – What history tells us about flip-flopping on the environment
6 min readRishi Sunak has delayed some of the UK’s key net zero targets – a look back at history may explain why.
Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change
5 min readThe prime minister’s decision to delay or scrap green measures will make it harder for the UK to keep its climate commitments.
When is a conspiracy theory not a theory?
4 min readWe are witnessing the creation of a new conspiracy theory that, if true, is a clear and present danger to our democracy.
The failure of British Democracy
6 min readAre Keir Starmer’s right-leaning policies neglecting pressing issues like homelessness and poverty? Why are both Labour and Conservative parties ignoring public support for nationalising key sectors and rejoining the European Single Market?