http://www.politics.co.uk/ en-gb All Adfero Media Ltd V2 Rss Handler http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/24/marcus-rashford-and-the-rise-of-the-political-influencer How did Steve Baker succumb to feelings of powerlessness in the face of a footballer? Thu, 24 Dec 2020 09:24:05 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/24/marcus-rashford-and-the-rise-of-the-political-influencer http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/23/exams-must-follows-online-learning-s-lead Progress has been made in online learning due to Covid, but digital exam delivery is lagging. Wed, 23 Dec 2020 06:49:59 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/23/exams-must-follows-online-learning-s-lead http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/22/migration-the-missing-media-voice The media discourse on immigration often excludes a key voice ... migrants themselves. Tue, 22 Dec 2020 07:21:16 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/22/migration-the-missing-media-voice http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/18/liberal-values-provide-hope-in-the-time-of-covid Tim Farron MP argues that we can seek hope, in these challenging times, from the values of liberalism that underpin our society. Fri, 18 Dec 2020 13:55:16 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/18/liberal-values-provide-hope-in-the-time-of-covid http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/17/assisted-suicide-is-the-abandonment-of-care An assisted dying law, however well intended, would alter society’s attitude towards the elderly and seriously ill, writes Scott Benton MP. Thu, 17 Dec 2020 15:31:01 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/17/assisted-suicide-is-the-abandonment-of-care http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/14/labour-s-patriotic-problem A little more than one year to the day of Labour’s latest general election defeat, and the party continues to wrangle with how to reverse the pattern of failure and engineer electoral success. Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:22:24 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/14/labour-s-patriotic-problem http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/12/10/everything-you-need-to-know-about-day-one-of-brexit The worst things are the acronyms. Everything has an acronym. But you need to get your head around it in order to understand what's going to happen to us next month. Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:46:58 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/12/10/everything-you-need-to-know-about-day-one-of-brexit http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/10/lack-of-safe-housing-puts-trafficking-victims-at-risk There is a gap between the government’s rhetoric and the reality many victims of trafficking are living. Thu, 10 Dec 2020 06:35:02 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/10/lack-of-safe-housing-puts-trafficking-victims-at-risk http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/09/they-re-gambling-with-our-way-of-life-town-s-last-fishermen Aldeburgh was once home to a thriving fishing industry. Now, as Brexit negotiations go down to the wire, the town's last fishermen worry the bright future promised by the Vote Leave campaign could be disappearing before their eyes. Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:35:29 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/09/they-re-gambling-with-our-way-of-life-town-s-last-fishermen http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/08/mental-health-missing-from-covid-response Lockdown has been a necessary evil, an extreme measure for extreme times, a major deprivation of freedoms and one that inevitably incurs punishing collateral damage. Tue, 08 Dec 2020 08:55:16 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/08/mental-health-missing-from-covid-response http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/07/post-brexit-britain-must-do-better-than-doomed-mali-deployme Last week the government announced that British troops have been deployed to Mali. The question is 'why?' Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:10:17 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/07/post-brexit-britain-must-do-better-than-doomed-mali-deployme http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/12/04/week-in-review-a-lorry-load-of-hope The confirmation that a vaccine had been approved was one of those moments of pure joy that has no appreciable way of being turned into words. Fri, 04 Dec 2020 18:26:33 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/12/04/week-in-review-a-lorry-load-of-hope http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/03/covid-crisis-demands-safety-net-for-all The idea behind the NRPF condition – that people should not have access to public funds before they have been here and contributing for some time – does not stand up to scrutiny during a national crisis. Thu, 03 Dec 2020 08:45:43 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/03/covid-crisis-demands-safety-net-for-all http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/02/systemic-racism-in-the-asylum-housing-system If you listen to Home Office ministers you could be forgiven for thinking that the only issues in asylum worth addressing are people crossing the Channel in boats. You'd be very wrong, as they are. Wed, 02 Dec 2020 06:58:56 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/02/systemic-racism-in-the-asylum-housing-system http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/01/reforming-citizenship-a-global-britain-needs-global-brits There is an assumption that British citizenship is easy to get - something handed on a plate to anyone who has decided to call the UK their home. The reality is very different. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:24:08 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/12/01/reforming-citizenship-a-global-britain-needs-global-brits http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/30/we-need-to-call-time-on-dark-ads-in-politics Ministers in Westminster must get to grips with the Wild West in political campaigning, starting with this simple change before the May elections. Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:24:27 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/30/we-need-to-call-time-on-dark-ads-in-politics http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/11/27/week-in-review-infantilising-the-covid-debate Public health and the economy are not mutually exclusive. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 14:49:01 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/11/27/week-in-review-infantilising-the-covid-debate http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/26/deportation-threat-against-woman-facing-forced-marriage-and Case raises questions about government's broader commitment to tackling female genital mutilation. Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:18:25 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/26/deportation-threat-against-woman-facing-forced-marriage-and http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/11/25/spending-review-brexit-will-damage-the-parts-of-the-economy The chancellor didn't mention Brexit in his statement to the Commons, but the small print of the Office of Budget Responsibility report shows it worsens the pain of the pandemic. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:00:49 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2020/11/25/spending-review-brexit-will-damage-the-parts-of-the-economy http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/25/migration-and-change-the-counter-intuitive-findings-of-a-new Constituencies which are becoming more diverse are switching to the Tories, while diverse seats which are getting demographically whiter are turning to Labour. Wed, 25 Nov 2020 08:16:55 GMT http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2020/11/25/migration-and-change-the-counter-intuitive-findings-of-a-new