Flickr/Number 10, CC BY-NC-SA Boris Johnson has been called a Heineken politician – he can reach parts of the public other politicians cannot. Yet scandal after scandal amid worsening economic conditions and a swathe of strikes has left the country with a hangover. The public and, most importantly for Johnson,Continue Reading
As Boris Johnson barricades himself in Number 10, apparently unwilling or unable to listen to the advice of close party colleagues who are calling on him to resign, how can we understand this bizarre melodrama? As I watched Johnson’s appearance in front of the House of Commons Liaison Committee onContinue Reading
Over the course of an extraordinary 24 hours, dozens of Conservative MPs have written to Boris Johnson to announce their resignation from his government following multiple scandals. Many of these letters were published on social media for all to see. The cascade of correspondence began with two of Johnson’s mostContinue Reading
The Tour de France is one of the hardest sporting events in the world. This year 176 cyclists have started the Tour, attempting to race for 3,328km over 21 stages to the scheduled finish in Paris on July 24. The riders will push themselves to their limits up mountains andContinue Reading
After the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, more people are seeking to get their tubes tied—assuming they can find a sympathetic doctor.Continue Reading
Prostock-studio / Shutterstock After the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US, tracking reproductive information has never been riskier. In many US states, millions seeking and providing abortions could soon face criminal charges. Online conversations have turned to digital self-defence, and questions about the privacy of period tracking appsContinue Reading
Joe Biden is the oldest person to be sworn in as US president. New research shows politicians are likely to live longer than the populations they represent. BiksuTong / Shutterstock In many countries, inequalities in income and wealth have been rising since the 1980s. It has been estimated that theContinue Reading
An Irish man who was killed and another who was seriously injured when the car they were in flipped over and was engulfed in flames in Oregon have been named by US police. Daniel James Slattery (24) from Rathgar, Dublin was fatally injured in the collision while his friend RobertContinue Reading
On February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops occupied Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea about 70 nautical miles south of Odessa. The 13 Ukrainian troops stationed there were reported to have “twice bravely repulsed the attacks of theContinue Reading
The US Supreme Court is in the news around the world. The reason: a series of decisions which are already having – and will continue to have – a massive impact on the lives of ordinary Americans. The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling gathered the most coverage, hardlyContinue Reading
