01 Oct , 2020
More deadly border politics by Niamh Ní Bhriain Recent years have seen the consolidation and expansion of Fortress Europe, a set of policies and practices designed to keep refugees out of the EU at any cost. Niamh Ní Bhriain explains how the European Commission’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, introduced under the cover of
02 Sep , 2020
by Paddy Bettington Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the relationship between science, ideology and politics has moved centre stage. Paddy Bettington traces the Tory government’s use and abuse of scientific opinion, and how this has fed into a wider ideological battle across British society. ‘People in this country have had enough of experts’, pronounced Michael Gove four
27 Aug , 2020
by Kate Shea Baird Much commentary on the pandemic has focused on the interventions of central states in the areas of public health and the economy. But what of the responses of municipal governments? Kate Shea Baird explains how Ada Colau’s administration in Barcelona has sought to meet the challenge of COVID in a way