With traditional party loyalties eroding by the day, Britain’s electorate is becoming ever more fragmented and volatile, undermining the two-party duopoly. This is exemplified by the rise of Britain’s burgeoning Green Party. Since 2019, the Party has enjoyed record levels of electoral success, with its tally of elected councillors rising...
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Abhay Venkitaraman talks to award-winning Warwick economist Dr Arun Advani about his career and the future of UK taxation.
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The two leading candidates in the West Midlands mayoral election, Conservative incumbent Andy Street and Labour hopeful Richard Parker, participated in a hustings in Birmingham on 15 April. The election is widely seen as closely contested, and will take place on 2 May in tandem with other mayoral races nationwide,...
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Completion of Coventry’s Very Light Rail (VLR) project could be delayed by years, after a funding bid by Coventry City Council was rejected by the Department for Transport (DfT). The VLR has been pitched as a cheaper and easier-to-install alternative to conventional trams. It is intended to form part of...
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Abhay Venkitaraman discusses the recent impact of the climate crisis on the price of this year's Easter chocolate.
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The University of Warwick will create a HealthTech Campus at Arden Cross, as part of a regeneration project worth £3.2 billion, it has been announced. A joint venture involving the University, the UK government, and the private sector, the Campus will aim to bolster the UK’s life sciences industry, with...
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Abhay talks about his experience during COVID and WHO's pandemic preparedness campaign.
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The Boar's account of WES 2024!
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Global economic uncertainty reigns, but JP Morgan's Bruce Kasman offers insights on navigating the "knife-edge" and his "sticky" inflation prediction.
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Alongside the myriad crises Britain is currently being buffeted with, the UK is experiencing yet another one: the measles crisis. Cases of the disease in England and Wales surged beyond 1,600 in 2023 – double the number in 2019. With a measles outbreak currently plaguing the West Midlands, the UK’s...
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FT CEO John Ridding illuminates the perilous intersection of AI and democracy, urging media innovation amidst the chaos of misinformation.
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The 1970s were a period of profound economic, social, and political upheaval – and the trends of the time clearly manifested within Warwick’s student activism scene. The era was replete with protests, rent strikes, and occupations of university buildings, to the point that the university was branded ‘Red Warwick’. Warwick...
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Activists from Warwick Anti-Sexism Society (WASS) protested an event featuring Nina Power, a gender-critical writer and philosopher who has previously faced allegations of transphobia. The event, which took place on November 21, was organised by Warwick Speak Easy: a non-SU-affiliated society that regularly hosts political discussions and speaker events. Power...
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