Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
UN warns about coronavirus and food shortages. Will the crisis revive policies to encourage regional and national food self-sufficiency?
Read more...Category Archives: UK
Brexit: Pawing and Snorting
In theory, Brexit negotiations are moving forward, but they sure don’t look like it.
Read more...Housing Insecurity, Homelessness, and Populism: Evidence from the UK
Cutting subsidies for private rental housing did not do much to reduce overall spending or lower rents but caused a lot of pain.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Sack the Sachet, Campaign to Ban More Low-Hanging Fruit in UK and EU; NY Plastic Bag Ban Begins 1 March
A Plastic Planet seeks to include sachets in UK and EU single-use plastic bans; meanwhile, NY plastic shopping bag ban begins 1 March.
Read more...Boris Johnson, Not Donald Trump, Is the Real Blue-Collar Conservative
Is Boris Johnson misunderstood?
Read more...Brexit: Fish-y Business
Brexit is getting ugly.
Read more...Brexit: Warmed Over Chicken
Brexit trade talks are about to begin. The UK is back in drama queen mode.
Read more...Brexit D-Day
The big Brexit day is here.
Read more...Brexit: Digging In
Brexit again gets ugly.
Read more...Conservative Win in Britain Means More Than Economic Trouble Ahead
In an uncertain economic context, the Conservative election win means a loss for health and the environment.
Read more...Brexit: The End of the Beginning?
Brexit jockeying is underway.
Read more...Don’t Blame Corbyn or Brexit: Labour Failed To Rage Against the Hated Political System
A take on why Labour failed.
Read more...Tories Rout Labour; Corbyn to Depart; SNP Also Wins Big, Setting Up Long-Term Dissolution Struggle
A big win for the Tories does not bode well for UK citizens.
Read more...UK Election Day Is Here
General election day in the UK! If you are eligible, please be sure to vote!
Read more...What This Election Proves Is the Need for Epoch Making Change
The upcoming UK election will usher in major change. But will it be change that benefits ordinary people?
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