Covid-19
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Any Illusions About the Conservatives Being Swept From Office Should be Abandoned Now
Some commonplace beliefs about the Conservative party have been tested over the last few months and most of them look wobbly.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Covid-19
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How Covid-19 Highlights Existing Weaknesses in English Football
Like many parts of the entertainment sector, football is in a precarious position and desperate for a successful vaccination programme to allow a return of spectators.
- Trade
- Covid-19
- Sport
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Embracing Risk and Taking the Blame
Brexit was a hugely risky policy, but one which, in Michael Gove’s eyes, has re-engaged the electorate and combated public disillusionment.
- Conservative Party
- Brexit
- Covid-19
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"If We’re Not Out in Public, Then We’re Not Negotiating Difference": Interview with Sophie Watson
Anya Pearson talks to Sophie Watson about water as a site of struggle, touching on her latest book City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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The Politics of Covid-19
How the British government has communicated with the public and what it has communicated have played a major part in determining how citizens have behaved during the Covid‐19 pandemic.
- Conservative Party
- Covid-19
- Media
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A Crisis for Devolution?
To see the value of devolution, especially in the current crisis, it is worth remembering why it was introduced in the first place.
- Devolution
- Covid-19
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The Deadly Legacy of Cummings’s Triumph
As an expert on game theory, Dominic Cummings will be aware of the concept of moral hazard – that if individuals are protected against bearing the negative consequences of risky actions they take, they will push higher risks.
- Conservative Party
- Covid-19
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The Present Crisis Demands a New International Monetary System for the Public Good
In this ongoing catalogue of coronavirus-related disorder, history reminds us that it is in precisely these conditions that old doctrines are overturned and new paradigms are ushered in.
- Trade
- Covid-19
- USA
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Are Female Leaders Better at Dealing with Coronavirus? Or is There More to it Than That?
When the time comes to systematically analyse the political responses of this crisis, a more nuanced understanding of why some countries handled the response better than others will likely emerge.
- Covid-19
- Feminism & Gender
- Scotland
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India’s Post-Coronavirus Transition Won’t Be Easy. Here’s Why.
A new world order awaits us on the other side of the pandemic. But India needs to battle its socio-cultural and political contagions before they get the better of her in the new world.
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality