Europe isn’t working
The EU’s multiple failures are due to a deeper malaise: its formidable immunity to the smallest amount of democracy.
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The vulnerabilities of tier three England: more deprived, more at risk
Two-thirds of tier three councils have suffered cuts to their spending power since 2015.
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What Denmark’s mink cull reveals about the dangers of fur farming
Consumer demand is unlikely to die along with the 17 million mink culled in Denmark over coronavirus fears. Can anything stop…
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The world to come: Revenge of the nation state
For two decades, cheap labour in China drove consumer prices down. But when goods are produced in a world of…
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UAE minister for AI and digital economy on the opportunities for tech companies to grow in Abu Dhabi
In 2017 the UAE signalled its commitment to technological innovation when it appointed HE Omar Al Olama as the first…
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The adults in the room
While Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings lost control of coronavirus in March, a handful of officials saved Britain from a far worse…
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Climate and coronavirus: the science is not the same
Comparing scientific research into climate change with new findings about coronavirus is a false equivalence. When we look at Covid-19, we…
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Q is for Quantitative Easing: an emergency policy for the decade that growth forgot
In the autumn of 2008, as the global financial crisis intensified, governments and central banks were confronted by the threat of…
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