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Eugenics was Behind Some of the Policy Disasters of the 20th Century

Posted: February 29, 2020 in articles, social affairs
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Following the revelations that significant figures in public life are openly flirting with ideas of eugenics, I wrote up a piece for Byline Times on how eugenics was behind some of the policy disasters of the 20th Century.

“Alongside the revelation that it was British institutions such as UCL which pioneered the thinking that informed the Nazis’ Final Solution, the other surprise for me when watching Angela Saini and Adam Pearson’s BBC documentary, Eugenics: Science’s Greatest Scandal, earlier this year was just how pervasive eugenics and the bunk science behind it was in British social policy.”

Read the full article here.

Brexit piece in the Irish Times

Posted: September 18, 2019 in articles
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Many non-EU family members of UK citizens in Ireland have received a “worrying” letter from Irish authorities warning their right to reside would end in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

“People were terrified when they got those letters,” says Cathal Malone, an immigration lawyer, whose clients received such letters from Irish authorities.

Until now this cohort have lived in Ireland under EU laws. The letters said such family members would be “transferred”to “domestic immigration arrangements”

Read the full piece here.

Social affairs series in the Byline Times

Posted: June 22, 2019 in articles, local government, social affairs
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Since the start of May, Natalie Bloomer and I have been writing a series of social affairs features in the Byline Times. Check out what we’ve done so far.

Thousands of Homeless People Excluded from London’s Flagship Support Service

PERMISSION WITHDRAWN: The Sinister Orders Banning Homeless People from Train Stations

Beirut article in the New Humanist

Posted: May 16, 2019 in articles
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I’ve got another Beirut article out, this time in the print copy of the New Humanist as part of their special edition on religion and power. You can get access from their website. https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5475/race-to-the-future

Hundreds of Commonwealth nationals evicted under anti-migrant ‘right to rent’ rule

Posted: February 19, 2019 in articles, housing
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Figures obtained by Politics.co.uk reveal that almost 300 Commonwealth nationals have been evicted from their homes under the government’s controversial ‘right to rent’ rules, raising concerns that members of the Windrush generation could have been affected.

Read the full article here.

C4 piece: Attacks on homeless people triple in just five years

Posted: December 19, 2018 in articles, housing, social affairs
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Kicked and jumped on in their sleep. That was the appalling experience of two men sleeping rough in Hull city centre. Humberside Police have released CCTV footage of the incident in the hope of identifying the three people responsible. The police appeal comes as new figures, given exclusively to this programme, show a significant increase over the last five years in violent crimes against homeless people.

Watch the full story here.

Beirut Marathon story for the New Internationalist

Posted: November 16, 2018 in articles
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In a country that’s undergone significant conflict and a multifaceted civil war (1975-1990), Lebanese people have an annual rallying point to promote peace. Last weekend, thousands gathered for it, running in the 16th Beirut Marathon.

Read the full article here.

THE NEW URBAN CRISIS: A MANIFESTO FOR THE STATUS QUO

Posted: October 10, 2018 in articles, housing, local government
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If you want to understand the liberal narrative and response to the crisis, this is a readable and clear start. The limitation is that inequality, exclusion, and poverty are seen as growing problems to be solved through reform, rather than leading to the rejection of the economic model.

Read more here.

Culture of fear: NHS migrant charges risking health of pregnant women

Posted: October 10, 2018 in articles, social affairs
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Natasha entered the UK on a student visa after fleeing from sexual and physical abuse in the Caribbean. Despite living in the country for 19 years, her immigration status remains unsettled. Because of this, she is not entitled to free NHS care, so when she suffered a miscarriage in the 19th week of her pregnancy she ended up with a bill of £3,500. She was supposed to attend follow-up medical appointments but was too afraid of occurring further charges to do so.

Read the full story here. 

Eviction nation: The hidden reality of court possession hearings

Posted: October 10, 2018 in articles, housing, social affairs
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It’s 9:30am outside the county court and Mary is about to discover her fate. Before the day is done, 169 people will be evicted across Britain. This grandparent, who has been a housing association tenant for 25-years, is about to find out if she will be one of them.

Read the full story here.

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