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New Opportunities 2021: Post-pandemic social cohesion in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, as elsewhere, Covid-19 has exposed deep rifts in society and devastated the economy. And yet, it has also brought families together, showed the value of immigrant communities and reminded people of what really matters. In our opening essay for our 2021 outlook series, Lord Alton of Liverpool discusses how Britain could come out of the pandemic a tighter knit society than when it went in – if it asks the right questions.
Britain’s EU negotiations – perfidious Albion?
The British government’s posturing in talks with the EU is testing goodwill in European capitals. Apart from risking a no-deal outcome on January 1, 2020, it casts a shadow over Britain’s prospects for close security and defense cooperation with Germany and France after Brexit is completed.
Britain takes a clear stand on Hong Kong
In reaction to a new national security law giving the Chinese government extensive powers over Hong Kong, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered residents of the former British colony an opportunity to settle in the United Kingdom. The gesture was a welcome show of leadership amid half-hearted reactions from other ...
Relevance beyond the crisis: New pressures to curb individual rights
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed governments to enact authoritarian emergency legislation, with no guarantee that the curtailed civil rights will later be returned to the population. China’s example shows what could await European countries if the coronavirus crisis becomes a political tool to exert more control over ...
Britain will thrive after Brexit only if it dares to reform
Leaving the high-cost, bureaucratized European Union is not enough for the UK to unleash its entrepreneur potential, boost its share in global trade and return to high growth. To bring benefits, Brexit would need to be followed by bold liberal reforms: cutting taxes, rolling back government spending and reducing excessive, ...
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