INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Change takes courage: world looks to women role models
True equality for women is a long way off, claims the World Economic Forum. Yet as International Women’s Day approaches, there are inspiring voices leading the way.
Author: Juliet Lodge
Juliet has worked as professor of European integration and EU politics in universities in New Zealand, the EU and UK. Her research spans biometrics, AI and EU affairs, on which she has given expert evidence to many parliaments and to the EU. She also worked as a freelance writer for newspapers both here and abroad. She was elected EU woman of Europe for her voluntary work with communities, and supports freedom of movement and EU reform.
Doctors and depression: the Covid fallout
As hospital workers struggle to cope with the Covid crisis, a group of doctors is speaking out about the toll on their mental health.
Johnson’s Brexit deal: For richer or for poorer?
Juliet Lodge summarises reactions on Twitter to the last-minute Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU. With Boris Johnson’s early promise of frictionless trade abandoned, and parliament given just one day to debate the deal, what does the future hold for Britain’s relationship with its largest trading partner?
Border farce – and the ‘big lie’ at the heart of Brexit
EU cooperation is vital for our security – although Brexiteers won’t publicly admit it
What’s the big deal?
The government’s disingenuous drivel about being tough on the EU and getting world beating deals is enough to make anyone want to run a mile. And trade deals may seem to be unrelated to anything in our daily lives. But with just over 130 days until the end of the transition period, trade deals – or the lack of them – are about to become very relevant to all of us.
Cheated by the algorithm? How to fight back
Your child has just got their A-level results. Are you happy as Gavin Williamson crowing on Twitter about how much better your child has done compared to their predicted grades? Or is your child devastated that their predicted high grades have been downgraded, stripping them of their university places at Oxford, Cambridge and many of […]