News and Opinion

Theresa May says: ‘Brexit means Brexit.’ What she’s not telling you is that Brexit means bugger all. Not only might we never leave the European Union, but even if we do not a lot is actually going to change. Can you imagine the chaos if it did? There’d be border checks with queues stretching into […]

Not all older people are selfish individuals who are indifferent to the interests of their children and grandchildren. You can be a university graduate of high intelligence and still vote against Britain’s economic interest. And while you may live in a town that has attracted few immigrants to date, you can still believe that your […]

Number of page views, number of likes, number of tweets, number of retweets, number of shares, click-through rates, site traffic, bounce rates, and measures of engagement. In our digital media world every click is captured, every view, every engagement. Captured, categorised, and then used to filter, prioritise and judge communication. We see this most clearly […]

There was the initial shock and furore of the referendum result itself, followed by the inevitable panic in the markets. But after that initial shock a sense of denial has set in – a misplaced hope that perhaps it’s all somehow going to proceed without a hitch after all. You can see it in the […]