Briferendum Series

Left wingers for Brexit need to wake up to what they're about to do

Jun 20, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

If you listen to some left-wing voices proponents of what is being called Lexit the European Union is an undemocratic, neo-liberal empire. It is ruled by Angela Merkel and an army of cold-hearted, faceless bureaucrats in...

Briferendum Series

I'm a eurosceptic Norwegian – but I think Britain should stay in the EU

Jun 20, 2016 07:09 am UTC| Insights & Views

I went to the UK as a visiting professor in April 2016 and stayed for about two months, commuting from modest lodgings in Sheffield to work in Manchester. Its not a very long period, but it was long enough to convince...

Migrant Crisis Series

Bad news for most vulnerable as court rules UK can restrict child benefit for EU migrants

Jun 20, 2016 07:05 am UTC| Insights & Views

As the campaign ahead of the UK referendum on EU membership reached its endpoint, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declared that UK restrictions on the access that EU citizens have to child benefit and child tax credit...

Nigeria: a corrupt culture or the result of a particular history?

Jun 20, 2016 06:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Economy

Just before the anti-corruption summit in London, British Prime Minister David Cameron made his now infamous public gaffe in a rather a silly, schoolboyish way. He boasted to the Queen: Weve got some leaders of some...

South Africans pay the price for a poorly regulated telecoms sector

Jun 20, 2016 06:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Telecommunications clearly facilitate economic growth and participation. As such, countries should care about competitive outcomes in this sector. When competition works it can result in expanded services and lower prices,...

UFOs, climate change and missing airliners: how to separate fact from fiction

Jun 20, 2016 06:47 am UTC| Insights & Views

If youve been on social media then perhaps youve seen the Ancient Aliens meme; a wild-haired alien aficionado Giorgio A. Tsoukalos attributing all manner of things to aliens. Giorgio A. Tsoukalos is a well known...

Climate Change Series

Catholic church starts small but is clearly thinking big on fossil fuel divestment

Jun 20, 2016 06:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

This weeks decision by four Australian Catholic orders to divest fully from fossil fuels can be interpreted as a direct response to the encyclical on the environment, issued by Pope Francis almost exactly a year...