"The sections of Restoring Order and Control that mention children are chilling, suggesting that many asylum seekers bring their children not because they love and care for them but as a 'fact' to 'exploit ... in order to thwart removal'."Christopher Betram reads the government's new paper on its asylum and returns policy. Morgan Wild believes municipal bond markets can save Britain: "This is one way to give public servants skin in the game. The team delivering the project should also raise the finance. Their decisions matter to them - cost overruns mean higher local taxes - in a way that ...
BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. "If judges are allowed to wear silly wigs in court, no one will take them seriously," said the judges.
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has re-ignited the tense Sino-Japanese relations that underscore the region's volatile politics. The roots of these tensions go back centuries and will doubtless last for centuries more. At the moment the main players are China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan with America playing an important peripheral role. Korea and Japan have a long history involving cultural links, wars and cruel colonisation. According to many historians, the Japanese imperial family originated in Korea. It is a fact that many prominent Japanese have Korean genetic roots. Much of Chinese culture reached Japan through the Korean Peninsula. This included ...
Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with the latest MRP projections and party leadership ratings. If you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how to make sense of them, check out my book, Polling UnPacked: the History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, or sign up for my weekly email, The Week in Polls: General election voting intention polls PollsterConLabLDGrnRefLab leadFieldwork Opinium 17% (nc) 19% (-1) 13% (+1) 12% (+1) 32% (-1) -13% (vs Ref) 19-21/11 GB Find Out Now ...
'Sew and Share' from Ninewells Community Garden is on Monday afternoons between 2pm and 4pm. Bring along a project or something that needs mending - all welcome!
A new blue plaque has been unveiled at Langland Bay to honour one of the 20th century's most influential philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstein, in recognition of his lasting connection to Swansea and its university. The plaque is located on the promenade wall near the Hole in the Wall Café — a spot the philosopher is believed to have walked past many times during his visits to the area. Born in Vienna in 1889, Wittgenstein is widely regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the modern era. His visits to Swansea were prompted by his close friendship with philosopher Rush Rhees, ...
