Ben W. Ansell
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Who caused Hard Brexit? Some thoughts from the perspective of a social scientist. In the last few days we have seen an interminable debate on whether Remainers, Soft Brexiters, or
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MERITOCRACY IN THE NEWS @David_Goodhart and Michael Sandel have both written provocative new books about the trouble with 'meritocracy'. Both argue that non-graduates have been undervalued and that graduates in
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Where are people social distancing in the UK? Thanks to the Google Community Reports we can see how people have behaved since March. Good news - social distancing is happening
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With four weeks to go to election day, time to focus on two things British people really care about: house prices and Brexit. Regular readers will know my own obsession
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