Consensus at home is just as important as consensus abroad to meet our climate targets
By Charles Seaford With COP26 about to commence, the Government is on a mission to try and build consensus internationally in order to tackle the...
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Global Britain vs Little England
Since the EU Referendum, Boris Johnson has ramped up the rhetoric about ‘Global Britain’, a country that is “more open, more outward-looking, more engaged with...
The return of the social
In the public outpouring of (genuine) grief upon the loss of David Bowie yesterday, you could be excused for missing an interesting intervention by another...
Rethinking NIMBYism
Amber Rudd, the new Energy Secretary, has set out her plans to fulfil the Conservatives’ manifesto commitment to end subsidies for onshore wind, and to...
From Twitter’s misinformation bird hide, we risk not seeing the forest for the trees
Many months of being at home, and the popularity of birdwatching has “soared”. Soon, however, we can also engage in this beloved activity online and...
The success of the Online Safety Bill will depend on the government’s ability to admit it could go wrong
‘If it’s illegal offline, it should be illegal online.’ This is the rallying cry around which the debate on digital regulation in the UK has...
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Don’t leave levelling up behind
As conference season draws to a close and with a new prime minister at the helm, the future of levelling up seems to hang in...
The civic long tail
The social web has completely transformed civil society. With greater ease than ever before, people can voice their views, connect to others, learn to see...
In Europe we do not trust
Across Europe, anti-EU political parties are on the rise, and are expected to continue this trend in the current elections. One recent survey by YouGov...