Analysis
— The new nationality and borders bill would give the government huge powers over British citizens as it could affect an estimated 6 million Britons who were born elsewhere or have another nationality.
Analysis
— The new nationality and borders bill would give the government huge powers over British citizens as it could affect an estimated 6 million Britons who were born elsewhere or have another nationality.
Analysis
— The libertarian Tory MPs’ revolt over new public health restrictions comes in stark contrast to their support of other draconian laws that violate human rights. We have rights by virtue of the fact that we are human, not simply because we are good citizens.
Analysis
— Professor Chris Grey’s latest Brexit analysis. As the damage they have caused quietly mounts, some leading Brexiters are saying “it’s not my Brexit” whilst others say that we must wait decades to judge – both are ways of avoiding accountability.
OPINION
— The UK is now at that critical point where it is about to slide into full-blown authoritarianism, presided over by an entitled clown.
COMMENT
— Stop using words like ‘balance’ to justify a policy of mass infection, avoidable deaths, and chronic illness. This was never about balance.
COMMENT
— Watch MPs defending an amendment asking for Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) to be removed as a requirement when EU citizens apply for citizenship in the UK.
What The Experts Say
— Experts and health professionals on virus predictions, the spread of Omicron, the government’s Plan B restrictions, and that false sense of security that vaccines have ended the pandemic...
Analysis
— Plans by the government to regularly overturn court decisions are the perfect way to avoid accountability, undermine independent scrutiny and weaken the role of the courts in holding the government to account.
Analysis
— The British government is making specific choices about the way it presents data on Channel crossings.
Brexit
— Brutal but fair, Professor Chris Grey’s Brexit analysis of the strange case of Thatcherite Brexiters and the incoherent post-Brexit strategy their misunderstandings of markets and regulation have led to.
Analysis
— Inconsistent rules, those in charge setting a poor example, and feeling rebellious are all factors that may prevent people from wearing a mask.
Brexit
— Boris Johnson’s reputation may have reached a tipping point, but ‘Brexitification’ is pervasive and nowhere more evident than in the vile politics of the cross-channel migration tragedy.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on the Omicron variant, its spread, and the consequences of the government’s response.
COMMENT
— Given the potential threat of Omicron, it makes sense to assume a worst-case scenario and plan for this, rather than respond too late.
Education
— Some schools have reduced staffing levels or changed the support provided to pupils with special educational needs and disabilities because of financial pressures on schools’ provision.
Brexit
— With the Northern Ireland Protocol talks looking set to continue, some reflections on how narratives of the success and failure of Brexit are developing and how these will eventually coalesce into a ‘received image’.
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