[Trigger warning: child sexual abuse] A conservative politician attacks a peer-reviewed research paper by a Humanities PhD student. Sounds terrible, doesn't it? Anti-free speech. Anti-academic freedom. A chilling atmosphere for researchers. But.
The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens
An anti-Brexit protester holds a placard after Boris Johnson drove past to attend prime ministerâs questions on Wednesday. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
An anti-Brexit protester holds a placard after Boris Johnson drove past to attend prime ministerâs questions on Wednesday. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP
Fri 30 Apr 2021 04.00 EDT
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Amid slippages, losses, vanishing investments and export drops, the drip, drip of Brexit damage never stops. I collect examples every week, as if picking up spent mortar rounds from a battlefield. On Wednesday, it was 450 jobs lost as car parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei prepares to shut factories in Rotherham and Swansea, and relocate to the Czech Republic.