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[PMP] Outside Contributors
Total 181 Posts
How China is controlling the COVID origins narrative — Silencing critics and locking up dissenters.
5 min read
The stakes are high for China as WHO teams arrive to investigate the origins of the coronavirus. Beijing has presented a success story to the world — and will not accept any criticism.
Scotland is ready to run the May elections, despite the pandemic.
5 min read
There is talk of delay, but the Scottish parliament has been working since last year to make sure this vote can be held safely.
Brexit: UK pound has not crashed yet, but here’s why it will probably suffer in years to come.
4 min read
British shoppers won’t have seen any difference to the value of their pounds yet, but everything from baked beans to bargain holidays could be affected down the line.
Was it a coup? No, but siege on US Capitol was the election violence of a fragile democracy.
5 min read
Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6, disrupting Congress’s certification of Joe Biden as president-elect. Coup experts explain this violent insurrection wasn’t technically a coup.
Food shortages, Brexit and COVID-19: How Britain’s problems converged at Christmas.
6 min read
Why the UK government should come clean to the public about food shortages after Brexit.
Brexit deal or no deal, food bills are about to get a lot more expensive.
5 min read
Although 52% of the UK’s food needs are currently met by domestic production, the remainder is heavily dependent on imports from the EU.
UK citizens get less legal protection for COVID jabs than other vaccines – and that could undermine confidence.
4 min read
The UK government has passed regulations reducing legal protection for anyone injured by a COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use. Why?