Quietly, as the drought of the long cost-of-living crisis continued throughout all of 2026, a four word campaign slogan from North Carolina spread around the world, almost imperceptibly outwards, from the south eastern coast of the USA.
Once respectable opinion fretted about distinguishing the “deserving” poor from the “undeserving.” Today, as sentiment against the ultrarich surges, the Economist argues that it is in fact billionaires who deserve our gratitude, sympathy, and protection.
The UK’s deepening inequalities are no longer just an economic problem but are reshaping politics, undermining trust, and widening generational divides.
How geography shapes patterns of public spending and political choice from the local level in England to international comparisons across Europe and the United States.
Danny Dorling urges the new Director-General to recognise that for most of the world outside the UK the BBC appears to be an organ of right-wing propaganda—and how they might solve that
Obituary: Paul R. Ehrlich (1932–2026) Co-evolution pioneer who predicted overpopulation would cause famine.
British Children Are Growing Taller – But Not for the Right Reasons
The year 2026 began with revelations that a former cabinet minister, Peter Mandelson, appeared to have passed on sensitive information including economic policy plans from the UK government to the financier Jeffery Epstein.
Bingzhi Zhu was a foreign student from China. Her student visa did not extend until the May of 2021; but she only realised this a day before it was due to expire.
The BBC was once an engine of progressive change driving British society to greater equality – Danny Dorling asks what changed, and why?
In September 2025, the British Election Study (BES) team released the latest results of a continuous survey of voters. What they were interested in was the decline in support for the Labour Party since the General Election of 2024.
On July 1st 2025, journalist Polly Toynbee wrote a story in The Guardian beneath the title: ‘To all who think capitalism can drive progressive change, it won’t
When Keir Starmer became Prime Minister he promised ‘change’, and this promise was beefed up in his 2024 Christmas message with his six promises.
Against the backdrop of recent global house price inflation, this paper addresses the question commonly asked about asset price booms and crises: ‘Is this time different?’
