Facebook has a job to win new cheerleaders November 5, 2019 For an outfit founded on the principle of bringing friends together, Facebook has cut a lonely figure in recent years. In America, founder Mark Zuckerberg has been hauled to DC to answer privacy concerns and one of the Democrats’ leading presidential candidates, Elizabeth Warren, has all but declared war on the firm. Politicians enjoy the [...]
DEBATE: Can the Tories win on the NHS? November 5, 2019 Can the Tories win on the NHS? Lauren McEvatt, a former Wales Office special adviser and managing director at Morpeth Consulting, says YES. The Tories can win on the NHS, because the Tories can win in Wales. Yesterday’s Welsh Barometer poll has the Conservatives on track to gain nine seats from Labour. The success of the [...]
This parliament has taught us the strength of our democracy November 5, 2019 The 57th parliament of the United Kingdom officially comes to an end tomorrow. It has seen off a Prime Minister, survived a prorogation that wasn’t, and failed to deliver Brexit. Decried by the attorney general as a “zombie parliament”, it has gone to the country in search of new brains. It will have a curious [...]
Do British voters really want to ban billionaires like Corbyn says? November 5, 2019 Say what you like about Jeremy Corbyn, at least he’s not afraid to play the hits. A week into the General Election run-up, and the Labour campaign is already built squarely around two messages. The first is that the secret Tory plot to privatise the NHS, nurtured over decades, is about to spring into full [...]
Whoever you support, this culture of MP abuse is utterly unacceptable November 5, 2019 This year, I stood as an MEP candidate. I was tremendously excited – it had been a dream of mine since I was in school to be a politician. The debate on Europe was exhilarating, new parties had entered the fray, and digital platforms meant that engaging the public was easier than ever. Within an [...]
The founder of Natural Cycles on creating an algorithm that is revolutionising birth control November 4, 2019 Contraception hasn’t really changed since the 60s. The pill is still very much the most widely-used option, and often an unsatisfactory one at that, with many users struggling with side effects like migraines, mood changes, or weight gain, to name but a few. And while the long-awaited male contraceptive pill passed human safety tests earlier [...]
Over the last decade, central banks have gained huge influence over our lives November 4, 2019 Monetary policy, central bank independence, quantitative easing. These and many other subjects tend to make people’s eyes glaze over, and are best left to finance nerds to battle over in quiet corners. Yet central banks have, over the last decade, emerged from the shadows of arcane macroeconomic policy discussions to become fundamental to all our [...]
DEBATE: Will Uber’s move into banking succeed or fail? November 4, 2019 Can Uber graduate from taxi rank to taxi bank after announcing its move into financial services? YES, says Andrew Mitchell, vice president at JCB. Uber’s drivers are its bedrock. And growing driver service and revenue options without earth-shattering outlays is shrewd indeed. As such, Uber Money is a logical step to maximise its digital-lifestyle standing [...]
Vaping saves lives, so let us resist the temptation to panic over e-cigarettes November 4, 2019 Over recent weeks, there have been many headlines about several deaths and respiratory illnesses in the US linked to e-cigarettes. First, it is absolutely right that public health authorities are investigating these events with the seriousness that they deserve. However, for the 3.6m smokers in the UK who have successfully quit smoking completely by switching [...]
Labour’s election campaign rides on shameful NHS scaremongering November 4, 2019 Labour’s campaign will be wildly populist, gambling on the theory that voters are ready for a radical alternative. To make their case, promises of free education, free social care, higher pay, lower rent and better services will be offered alongside a dystopian vision of Tory Britain under Boris Johnson. Read more: Corbyn brands government’s fracking [...]