Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps won’t be the Covid inquiry’s only obstacle Government protestations over ‘privacy’ ignore our need to know how far neoliberalism is to blame for Covid deaths
‘Free speech tsar’ is the government’s latest attack on universities The Conservative Party has all but outlawed public protest. Now it wants to root it out of campuses, too
Mark Rowley is right – police belong nowhere near mental health crises The police are a danger to people in mental health distress, but austerity has left the NHS unable to step in
George Floyd three years on: So many anti-racism pledges, so little progress As Black Lives Matter protests surged after George Floyd's murder, the UK vowed to act. Three years on, it hasn't followed through
Could Iran’s new nuclear bunker increase the risk of an Israeli attack? If Israel keeps its far-right government and Trump returns, chances of an attack on Iran will increase
Could mandatory voting fix Northern Ireland’s dysfunctional politics? Voters’ disengagement was clear in last week’s elections – hardly surprising after a year without a government
Could a far-right vs centre-left showdown be the future of British politics? Amid global pressures, a centrist Labour government could face a far-right opposition, with no true reformists in sight