Making the Most of Brexit: Opportunities and Risks
The triggering of Article 50 this week will finally kick-off the formal process of Brexit. In two years’ time, unless the 27…
Posted by Events on March 28th, 2017Mediating Populism
In the immediate aftermath of the American Presidential Election, there was some rather brutal soul-searching about the role that the mainstream…
Posted by Events on January 27th, 2017What would a truly shared society mean for care leavers?
In her recent speech on the shared society, May articulated a cautiously optimistic world view. According to May, the UK is “a…
Posted by Events on January 20th, 2017Industrial strategy and the challenge of inclusive growth
One of the many odd features of our post-Brexit political landscape is that amongst all the shouting, rancour, and court cases, there…
Posted by Events on December 9th, 2016The Clock is Ticking for Europe
Last week, Demos brought together around 30 leading thinkers on Europe’s social, economic and cultural condition in Brussels, for the second in…
Posted by Events on November 22nd, 2016‘Infosmog’ and the challenge of misinformation
Hillary Clinton’s well documented ties to satanic rituals are back in the headlines. Alarming footage of democrats stuffing ballot boxes is being…
Posted by Events on November 8th, 2016Personalisation can’t be a tool to cut welfare costs
Monday’s Work Health and Disability Green Paper is one of a dwindling breed – all papers come out White these days. Green…
Posted by Events on November 2nd, 2016Are “corporate parents” the answer to a lack of clarity in the care system?
The plight of children in care is an issue of immense public and political concern. In her keynote speech at party conference…
Posted by Events on October 24th, 2016A honeycomb of echo chambers? Twitter’s response to the Munich attack
On the 22nd July an 18-year old man armed with a semi-automatic pistol shot and killed…
Posted by Events on October 19th, 2016Democracy’s Twilight Hour
Nowhere has the anti-establishment rhetoric of the populist forces sweeping across Europe and the United States been more succinctly distilled, or with…
Posted by Events on September 19th, 2016Passing the buck? Why censorship isn’t sufficient to tackle extremism
This morning, the House of Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee released a report, entitled “Radicalisation: the counter-narrative and identifying the tipping…
Posted by Events on August 26th, 2016Measuring Islamophobia on Twitter
Yesterday we released new research measuring the scale and scope of Islamophobia (keep reading… we’ll return to that) on Twitter. It…
Posted by Events on August 19th, 2016Honest Speaking in the Post-Truth Politics Age
We live in complicated, global times, and times of complicated, global policy-making. The interconnectedness of our societies and economies has driven tremendous…
Posted by Events on August 9th, 2016The Brexit divide on Twitter
Ever since a somewhat dazed David Dimbleby announced the result of the European Referendum to a surprised nation, we have been aware…
Posted by Events on August 3rd, 2016Brexit and the Youth Myth
In my post last week on youth turnout at the EU referendum, I explained that because turnout figures are usually reported…
Posted by Events on July 20th, 2016Brexit and the Power of Perception
As the post-Brexit days turn to weeks, and amidst the political upheaval, wonkish attention has turned to attempting to understand exactly who,…
Posted by Events on July 15th, 2016Why the Youth Vote Couldn’t Win it for Remain
Social media was quick to interpret the result of last month’s Referendum into a ‘war of generations’. Older voters, who had overwhelmingly…
Posted by Events on July 12th, 2016Language of art not science will reunify a divided Britain
While the social, political, economic and geopolitical consequences of a vote to leave the EU continue to spin their way out, the…
Posted by Events on June 30th, 2016A Nation Divided
Imagine, for a moment, the scene had the markets – and even the 10pm polls – been correct, and the United Kingdom…
Posted by Events on June 24th, 2016Europe on the Brink?
On 15 June, in what felt at times like the dying days of empire, Demos brought together 20 leading experts on European…
Posted by Events on June 22nd, 2016