#Policy

Richard Murphy

RichardJMurphy

@afneil posted a series of comments on Twitter yesterday, all aimed at taunting the SNP on which currency it might use after independence. He hit a target by doing so.

Media Matters for Democracy

mmfd_Pak

The NA Standing Committee on Law and Justice, headed by MNA @FatyanaRiaz, will discuss the matter of "Post Legislative Scrutiny" of PECA at its meeting today. #AmendPECA We welcome and

Matt Ashby

LessCrime

1) Criminology and criminal justice researchers want to influence policy and practice, but we as a discipline are systematically hiding our research from those who need it. If our research

DonRMontgomery

DRMontgomeri

Rant thread: @Bell is installing Fiber to the home (FTTH) in my building right now. The technicians are great, but the company's policy of denying 3rd party access to their

TCI

TataCornell

10 key findings from our #FANIndia2020 report on efforts to reduce hunger in #India #SDG2 1/12 India’s progress on undernutrition has been slow compared to its economic progress. 2/12 Getting

Sebastian Grund

GrundSebastian

In case you missed it (I did) - on June 15, the @BVerfG (German Constitutional Court) dismissed a challenge against the @ecb's Corporate Sector Purchase Programme (CSPP): https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen

Nimi Hoffmann

NimiHoffmann

CODESRIA has just published its Bulletin on RCTs.This is the beginning of pan-African and South-South conversations on the role of RCTs in the South. Whether we critique or defend, this

Carolyn E. Holmes

carolyneholmes

#COVID19 is potentially a real problem for democracy.Let me explain. In a basic sense, democratic governments are supposed to be (broadly) representative, with elected officials responding to the needs/desires/opinions of

Melanee Thomas

MelaneeLThomas

Disinformation is when content -- correct and incorrect -- is presented to lead people to draw a particular, often incorrect or misleading political conclusion. The Fair Deal Panel is an

Maître Pandaï

Panda31808732

« "Comme c'est typiquement le cas en Inde, l'arrogance des responsables, l'hyper-nationalisme, le populisme et une bonne dose d'incompétence bureaucratique se sont combinés pour créer une crise," a dit Mihir

Tired as Fuck

Belz_79

I've seen two Democrats win presidential elections. The first was a centrist who won widespread support with overwhelming charisma. The second was a centrist who positioned himself as a progressive

Kat Bruce

KatBruce2

1/ I posted back in January about needing some time out, and was really touched by the response. So I just wanted to give a quick update 2/ I spent

Armin Rosen

ArminRosen

The degree to which harassing your political opponents at their homes has become normalized is kinda remarkable. There's a strong case to be made that it's just not a democratically

Torsten Bell

TorstenBell

We've got a problem. Having been through a huge crisis where the welfare state was centre stage, our debates on where next for social security are stuck. An immediate policy

Stomp Out Slumlords

StompSlumlords

The mayor's threat to have the unelected Chief Financial Officer overrule the council's budget because of tiny cuts to MPD's reveal a lot about how the District government works.Even if

Tennant Reed

TennantReed

@Johnkehoe23 raises practical concerns with a carbon border adjustment mechanism that deserve some thought. Thoughts follow!Carbon border tax is good in theory, bad in realityhttp://www.afr.com/news/policy/climate/carbon-border-tax-is-good-