As one sport’s contest approach its climax another has barely begun. Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman reviews Spring books for those who measure their years out in seasons not months.
Campaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have the political will to back them, and make life-saving medicines affordable for all?
Seen from the commander’s deck in Brussels, calm is not a bad option after all. Cooptation in power is working smoothly for governments run by extreme right and populist forces, from Italy to Austria.
Brexit may have polarised Britain's politics, but providing leadership on climate change could be the binding force that brings the country back together.
As the UK faces UN scrutiny in Geneva this week, a new report examining everything from British prisons and immigration centres, to the legacy of Northern Ireland and Iraq, makes for sobering reading.
The UK government is due to report to the UN on progress on addressing UK poverty, hunger, inequality. human rights and climate change. But it looks like they’re in denial.
This current political crisis is not just about how the Brexit stand-off is resolved. The challenge is to show that Britain can handle a democratic election in polarised times.
Recent events have exposed how Northern Ireland hasn’t experienced peace as much as a cold war. The structural violence, legacy of conflict and democratic deficit can’t be left to dangerously smoulder any longer.
