The “novel coronavirus”, SARS-CoV-2, never went away and continues to multiply, mutate, and spread across the world. The XEC variant was thus first…
Robert Jenrick, MP for Newark and front-runner in the Conservative Party leadership contest, recently bemoaned “the dismantling of our national culture, non-integrating multiculturalism…
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E-Scooters on Britain’s Roads: A Matter of Deterrence, Discipline, or the Lack of Both
Between 1 June and 8 September 2024, Thames Valley Police in southern England seized a total of 118 e-scooters and e-bikes, citing complaints…
On 10 September 2024, Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, announced plans to trial age-verification technology, aiming for a yet-to-be-decided minimum age of between…
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Combustible Cladding in High-Rise Buildings: A Toxic Legacy from the Construction Industry
The long-awaited, and much overdue, Phase 2 Report of the Public Inquiry into the Fire at Grenfell Tower, chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick,…
Rising numbers of adults, as well as children, are being diagnosed with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), thereby adding to the pressures on…
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Cigarette Smoking in Public Spaces: Considering Personal Choice, A Sense of Entitlement, and the Wider Public Good
Recent revelations in leaked Whitehall documents that the UK Government is proposing to restrict the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to…
Just as we were bracing ourselves for a potential Biden-Trump standoff, something unexpected, although not entirely unpredictable, happened. President Joe Biden, whose personal…
On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS).…
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Olympic Gold for Imane Khelif, and the Wider Issue of Gender Eligibility in Elite Sport
On 9 August 2024, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif defeated No. 2 seed Yang Liu of China to win the Olympic gold medal in…