#Publications

Rowland Manthorpe

rowlsmanthorpe

The covid situation in universities is getting a lot of attention, for understandable reasons. All the same it's worth bearing in mind the latest data, which shows clusters coming overwhelmingly

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Bye bye afternoon plans...https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-approach-to-the-future-relationship-with-the-eu Any kind soul in the EU want to send me the notes that the Commission will inevitably have sent to Member States pointi

mark jeffs

markjeffs75

Earlier this month we reported on how COVID-19 has made waiting times for planned NHS care in Wales worse and how the NHS can take this once in a generation

Moral Lord of Everything 🇪🇺🇬🇧🔶

sjharley

Interesting reading about the lockdown of students in Manchester. Some thoughts:1. If this were a normal residential tower block then it seems inconceivable that all the households would be forced

Maddie Stew

maddiestewart__

Recognize George Floyd's murder as a tragedy but realize that police brutality is an issue which transcends simple racial boundaries.https://scholar.harvard.edu/fryer/publications/empirical-analysis-racial-differences-police-use-force W

Kaveri Mayra

Mayra_K11

'80% of world's #nurses are serving half of world's population'- The State of the world's nursing report 2020 .https://www.who.int/publications-detail/nursing-report-2020#WorldHealthDay @IndiaWgh @CalineMattar @GlobalWater2020 @H_

Elina Ribakova

elinaribakova

1/ IMF as lender of last resort @KGeorgieva commented today that "we are discussing a new short-term liquidity line for countries with strong policies." Some of emerging economies already have

sinθ magazine

sinethetamag

sinθ’s featured writer of the week is poet and writer Natalie Lim @nataliemlim! Based in Vancouver, Canada, Lim's works describe the intensity of everyday emotion with gentle intimacy. The strength

Bree A Dail

breeadail

#BREAKING High Court of #Australia (@HighCourtofAus) has ruled Cardinal George Pell’s Appeal is GRANTED, guilty verdict unanimously OVERTURNED.CARDINAL PELL is A FREE MAN, to be released immediately.#CatholicTwitter #Pell Reference:https://www.hcourt

Stian Westlake

stianwestlake

We’ve issued a response to Ofqual’s baseless criticism of the @RoyalStatSoc’s letter to @StatsRegulation, in which we called for a review of this year’s A-level and GCSE adjustment models.For anyone

Ed Whelan

EdWhelanEPPC

Originalism in baby steps: 1. The Constitution is law. Its provisions--including its amendments--should be interpreted in accord with the meaning they bore at the time they were adopted. (Everyone has

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Why are people concerned about COVID transmission in young people when they are statistically unlikely to have severe symptoms or be hospitalised or die? Look at other countries to see

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

The @WHO is NOT backing masks for general use, in contrast to @CDCgov 4 #COVID19:"Medical masks shld be reserved for healthcare workers.The use of medical masks in the community may

UK Parliament Human Rights Committee

HumanRightsCtte

Today we have published our Report “Legislative Scrutiny: Overseas Operations Bill”You can read the report here https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/3191/documents/29846/default/ The Report concludes that the Bill does nothing

Atif Mian

AtifRMian

The stock market is not the economy. In fact, rising stock market can be bad news for most!Annual rise in stock value1989-2017: 7.5%1966-1988: 1.6% Annual rise in corporate output1989-2017: 2.6%1966-1988:

Armine Yalnizyan

ArmineYalnizyan

Here are some of the things I've written about the UBI/"cut 'em a cheque" approach.1998: The Growing Gap, pp. 101-104 https://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/reports/growing-gap-report2016: Basic incomes vs basic services htt