Trumpism has not yet been defeated
Matthew Oulton analyses Donald Trump's failure to win the 2020 election, arguing that the ideology of Trumpism will long outlast the President's electoral defeat.
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What role do political beliefs play in climate activism?
Tackling climate change feels like it should be an apolitical issue. However, in recent years centre-left parties have been increasingly backing pro-climate policies, whilst the right remains largely unmoved. This divide has politicised the climate issue, transforming every common-sense method to tackle climate change into a political grenade, waiting to explode in...
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Salary transparency: egalitarian future or nightmarish dystopia
Matthew Oulton looks at whether salary transparency would be beneficial to decreasing pay gaps or infringe on people's privacy.
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Why it’s time for another national lockdown
In the face of rising cases, localised outbreaks, and continued serious threat to health and the economy, the government have introduced new measures over the past few weeks to try and stem the second wave of Covid-19. They have presented us with a sombre trade-off between health and the economy,...
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The ‘rough sex’ defence: murder or rough sex gone wrong?
The Government’s long-awaited ‘Domestic Abuse Bill,’ had added to it an amendment proposed by Labour MP Jess Philips to close the ‘rough sex defence loophole.’ The bill, which still has to pass through the House of Lords, explicitly prevents those prosecuted with bodily harm claiming that it was carried out...
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Anti-obesity measures: should we commend or condemn?
Two of our writers comment on the implications of the government’s new plans to tackle obesity. ‘A good start’ Following his first-hand experience of coronavirus, Boris Johnson has turned his attention to another crisis: obesity. With the threat of a second wave still looming, the general poor fitness of the...
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Change in the way we work is long overdue
Matthew Oulton argues that we must radically rethink the way we work in a post-pandemic world.
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