Before the end of 2021, it could be illegal to stage a noisy protest in the UK. If passed, the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will drastically limit the right to protest and […]
The maths of equality: An analysis of diversity quotas in the boardroom and beyond
With the news of the introduction of gender quotas for businesses in the Netherlands this month, Emily Bell considers the arguments for and against such quotas as a means of achieving diversity in the workplace.
The politics of publishing: Why Penguin should stand by Jordan Peterson
Up until 1958, British publishers could be sent to jail for producing books deemed to have “a tendency to deprave and corrupt those whose minds are open to such immoral influence”. Whilst this is no […]
The return of the Brexit Party – urgent necessity or inevitable failure?
Nigel Farage will not be Britain’s next Prime Minister. The rebranded Brexit Party – now ‘Reform UK’ – is attempting to capitalise on the growing anti-lockdown sentiment in the country, establishing themselves as the unofficial […]
Cummings, Carrie, and the crucial Conservative rebrand that could decide Boris Johnson’s future
Boris Johnson has not had a good second lockdown. First, his fiancée pushed his chief adviser out of Downing Street. Then, just when he was about to relaunch his party to address some of the […]
Kenya, Britain, and the FGM Crisis
Reports of the 2800 young girls in Kenya who have been forced to undergo female genital mutilation over the last few weeks serve as another reminder of the prevalence of this horrifying practice. Once again, […]
Labour’s antisemitism shame: The fallout of the EHRC report
On Thursday the Equality and Human Rights Commission released their long-awaited report on antisemitism in the Labour Party. The party was found to have broken the law, with those in power actively interfering in the […]
Rebuilding the Red Wall: Repercussions of a Northern lockdown
Lockdown is currently hitting parts of North England the hardest, with potential to exacerbate the North-South divide even further. Is this too great a cost to justify patchwork measures? Emily Bell reports.