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In the immediate aftermath of the American Presidential Election, there was some rather brutal soul-searching about the role that the mainstream media had played in supporting Trump’s victory. The same questions were asked when the BBC took the decision to...
Last week, Demos brought together around 30 leading thinkers on Europe’s social, economic and cultural condition in Brussels, for the second in a series of policy workshops we have been hosting as part of our project – Nothing to Fear...
Over the past month, CASM have worked with ITV’s Peston on Sunday program to take a look at how UK politics is being discussed on Twitter. As the two EU referendum campaigns gather momentum ahead of the 23rd June, we...
In 2015, Yvette Cooper announced the Reclaim the Internet campaign. This was in response to the abuse, often misogynistic in tone, faced by high-profile women online. However, the ubiquity of social media in society today means that this abuse, or...
A few weeks ago, I attended a rather hastily convened roundtable at the European Council for Foreign Relations, to mark the release of another round of Jim McGarry’s global think tank index. Whatever one feels about the value of such...
I was fortunate recently to attend the International Workshop for Managers of Research Organisations in the Western Balkans and the EU in Sarajevo, hosted by Analitika, the Regional Research Promotion Program (RRPP) in the Western Balkans, and the Think Tank...
There is an idea that the presentation of a petition is an empty form – that it is ordered to lie upon the Table, and never heard of again. […] I believe that at this moment the right of petition...
by Alex Smith, Founder/CEO – The Cares Family As the general election results showed, Britain is a mixed up place. Although the poll on 7 May brought a decisive enough Conservative majority, it also revealed a number of divisions which...
Yesterday was the final day of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). This money, which has been distributed by central Government to disabled people since 1988, is being devolved to local councils. The controversy surrounding the change shows how devolving more...
