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Afghanistan: right to leave a country to seek asylum is well established in international law
With the withdrawal of US and allied forces and final evacuation flights having departed, it’s becoming difficult and dangerous for most Afghans to leave the country. Evacuation flights were only available to select groups, notably foreign nationals, Afghans employed by western organisations, and those most at risk of Taliban reprisal.Continue Reading
How snake oil got a bad name
During the pandemic, the pejorative term “snake-oil salesman” has been bandied about a lot. It’s been used, perhaps with a tinge of 1980s nostalgia, to describe convicted fraudster and serial opportunist Jim Bakker, whose colloidal Silver Solution required only some deft rebranding to become a specific curative for COVID-19. ForContinue Reading
Cuts to housing benefits led to over 75,000 more overcrowded households during the pandemic
I Wei Huang/Shutterstock COVID-19 has been described as a “housing disease”. Overcrowded living conditions make it easier for the virus to spread, and statistics show a link between overcrowding and mortality from COVID. In my new research published in the International Journal of Housing Policy, I found that reductions toContinue Reading
Mars InSight: mission unveils surprising secrets of red planet’s interior – new research
The Mars InSight lander. NASA/JPL-Caltech, CC BY-SA We may have walked on the Moon and sent probes across the solar system, but we know very little about what’s going on inside other planets. Now, for the first time, we have been able to view the interior of one, thanks toContinue Reading
“Recalibrations” and Heritage Open Days
Summer seems to be drawing to a close and we are trying to make the most of the warm, sunny hours the last few days have afforded us. I’m still sorting through the photos and clips we took during our Tudor Reenactment Days but I can do that in theContinue Reading
After Len McCluskey: where next for Labour-backing union Unite under new leader Sharon Graham?
The victory of Sharon Graham in the Unite leadership election has a significance far beyond the trade union itself. Under the reign of her predecessor, Len McCluskey, Unite’s relationship with the Labour party oscillated between a close embrace and all-out war. McCluskey served as a key ally to Jeremy Corbyn’sContinue Reading
Transfer news LIVE: Latest news, updates and gossip as window draws to close
BREAKING NEWS: SERGE AURIER CONTRACT TERMINATED Tottenham Hotspur and Serge Aurier have reached a mutual agreement that has seen the contract of the defender terminated with immediate effect. The 28-year-old joined Spurs four years ago from Paris Saint-Germain, and went on to make in excess of 100 appearances for theContinue Reading
New Scottish government: key takeaways from the SNP deal with the Greens
The SNP and Scottish Greens have published an agreement that outlines the terms of their collaboration in government. This is not a coalition but a governing partnership – and one that is unique in the history of Scottish and UK politics. It’s the first time the Greens will enter aContinue Reading
Personalised gambling adverts: a troubling new trend
Gambling advertising is now more interactive online icsnaps/Shutterstock There’s a new type of gambling advert being used online and on social media to try and appeal to viewers, recent research has shown. Unlike on television, these online advertisements can be more personalised, interactive and may be harder to distinguish fromContinue Reading
Out of Afghanistan: Joe Biden and the future of America’s foreign policy
President Joe Biden’s decision to press ahead with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan has prompted the first major foreign policy crisis of his presidency. The harrowing pictures after the bombing attack at Kabul airport are the result of a desire on behalf of Biden to draw a line under aContinue Reading