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CORONAVIRUS PANIC EPISODE
It could be put off no longer: we finally talk about coronavirus (and other things...) --- The UK is attempting a novel and controversial strategy to combat the coronavirus, putting behavioural science front and centre The US has not been testing enough p
#6: Refugees, Mali & Old Man Joe
Turkey is encouraging refugees to head to Greece and the EU aren’t happy. Meanwhile climate change is only going to make the problem worse, on a global scale. Also British troops are heading to Mali. -- Turkey turns a blind eye as refugees head for bord
#5: India, NIMBYs, bedbugs and Biden
India is struck with ethnic violence , France is overrun with bedbugs, and we ask: are local councils preventing action on climate change? --- Further reading: 32 people died in Delhi as mobs attacked majority-Muslim areas of the city, following protes
#4: Immigration Talking Points
The government brings out its plan for a points-based immigration system, the Democratic Party holds yet another debate in its quest to find a nominee to take on Donald Trump, and we ask: is every billionaire a policy failure? --- Further reading: UCU
#3: Justice, Badgers, and the BBC
The rule of law is under attack everywhere, it seems, but Ecuador. Plus Donald Trump’s many questions about badgers, and we ask: should the licence fee be scrapped? --- Further reading: Sajid Javid is out, after a cabinet reshuffle that was more
#2: Chaos in Iowa, and the case for regulating Facebook
The Iowa Caucuses descended into chaos, Russian police have been convicted of busting their own drug den, and we ask: should the government step in to save Facebook from itself? --- Further reading: The Iowa caucuses were utter chaos. Doing well in Io
#1: Huawei, & the case for open borders
The government decides to allow Huawei into the UKs 5G infrastructure, a rare sighting of a Bolivian glass frog, and we ask: are open borders the way to go?---Further Reading:Johnsons controversial decision to allow Huawei in. The Huawei mo