Anyone who understands extremism knows populist movements spread like a virus. You stop them early or not at all. Yet at every stage of the growth of the backlash against public health, the bad faith of our compromised prime minister has prevented effective treatment. To stick with the medical analogy, the World Health Organization says … Read more
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Scotland has become the first part of the UK to ban the smacking of children after new legislation came into effect. Changes to the law giving children the same protection from assault as adults were passed by the Scottish parliament last year and take effect from Saturday. Scotland becomes the 58th country to outlaw corporal … Read more
The Brexit negotiations remained stuck after a call between Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen before a decisive week of talks. The European commission president and the prime minister both highlighted in their post-call statements the contentious issues of EU access to British waters and agreement on future rules to ensure fair competition. Von … Read more
Stop-and-search powers proposed by the Home Office risk “perpetually criminalising” previous offenders, rights groups have warned. In a letter to the home secretary, Priti Patel, the groups say the move is “disproportionate and unnecessary” and that the Home Office’s own research has suggested higher search rates may have no discernible crime-reducing effects. The proposal was … Read more