In his classic study of racism and psychiatry, Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon made a number of startling and powerful observations. While many of these h...
On 4 April 2005, the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) – which allows people who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria to change their legal gender – came into f...
On 19 June 2018, at a joint press conference with German chancellor Angela Merkel, French president Emmanuel Macron proclaimed that Europe, the EU and each of i...
When Steve Bannon, then President Trump’s chief strategist, announced as one of his key goals ‘the deconstruction of the administrative state’, many liberals we...
There is no prospect of a united Ireland soon. Under the terms of the 1998 Belfast (or Good Friday) Agreement, a Border Poll referendum – determining whether No...
We are currently witnessing a renaissance of thinking about localism, local democracy, and participative and democratic shaping of public services on the left. ...
It is often said that there are no votes in prisons. This, I think, is largely true. Crime and justice has not been a prominent issue during recent elections, b...
Historically, Muslims have often been told that there is no such thing as anti-Muslim racism, because Muslims are a religious group and not a race. Hence Musl...
Equality of opportunity in the labour market is crucial for the economic and social integration of minorities, so we should be very concerned that British Musli...
Right-wing populist parties competed in most electoral contests that took place in Europe in 2017, often as main contenders for power. Marine Le Pen’s Front Nat...
The growing capability of machines has raised the spectre of mass technologically induced unemployment and profound economic disruption. Yet despite the acceler...
