Geography, Health, Austerity and Europe – where next for the countries of the UK?
Public Lecture given by Danny Dorling at the University of Swansea, December 12th 2016.
France shows what has gone wrong in the UK and US
The outcome of the French presidential election, in which the Republican Francois Fillon, Front National’s Marine Le Pen, and the Socialist Party will be vying for position in April 2017, could have wide reaching implications for public health in Europe.
The Politics of Public Spending, Equality and Hope
In October 2016, at her party’s annual conference, the Prime Minister (Teresa May) set out a vision for a more inclusive Britain
The future of Social Justice
Melissa Benn, Danny Dorling, Kayleigh Garthwaite and Owen Jones, Speaking on the future of Social Justice, at the Bristol Festival of Ideas and Policy Press Evening, University of Bristol, December 5th.
Today’s housing crisis: sown by Thatcher, harvested by May. What is required to really take back control?
Margaret Thatcher’s government sowed the seeds of today’s housing crisis when it abandoned rent regulation in the private sector.
Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)
What does the world look like when you map it using data about people? See the world anew — a connected, ever-changing and fascinating place in which we all belong. You’ll never look at a map the same way again.
Another World is Inevitable: Mapping UK General Elections
The Annual Political Studies Association Lecture given by Danny Dorling in The British Library, London, November 28th. Introduced by Carolyn Quinn
Ecotopia 2121? – stranger things have happened
Danny Dorling’s Review of Ecotopia 2121: A Vision for Our Future Green Utopia – in 100 Cities, by Alan Marshall
This House Believes That Government Has Failed Britain’s Youth
You need to agree that we have failed, because if we are incapable of recognising that we have failed, what hope is there for this country?
The political environment and housing associations
Keynote speech by Danny Dorling: Placeshapers conference :Building Homes and Lives, Trade Union Congress Centre, London, November 16th.
15th Caroline Benn Lecture: The Education Shuffle – what will the next two steps forward be?
Innovation in Education Lecture by Danny Dorling given in Committee Room 10, House of Commons, London, November 15th.
Let’s go back to the future with co-operative schools – and leave grammars in the past
Comprehensive schools have improved our lives. The evidence that they are better for our children and for all of us is overwhelming.
A debate about social goods and social evils
Housing is fundamentally a debate about social goods and social evils – TAP blog 6, 11 November 2016
Schools as the driver of inequality – the ideas behind a talk given at the annual Class conference in London on November 5th 2016
On education the left need to recognise public disquiet over our current system of allocation to state schools by area and hence by housing price.
Leaving Reality: The UK and the rest of Europe
Economically, the financial crash of 2008 set UK society on a course that led to the 2016 EU referendum.