Expert Comment
Dr Jonathan Clarke: UK's latest named storm, Isha
Another named storm is yet another reminder, that the UK urgently needs a better plan for improving infrastructure and flood defences if we are to make our communities and country more resilient to a changing climate.
Tom Hemingway comments on BAFTA nominations
This year’s BAFTA film nominations feature the usual mixture of expected nods and surprising snubs.
Dr James Blake on SLIM lunar lander
Dr James Blake, Research Fellow at the Centre for Space Domain Awareness, comments on SLIM, Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, which will land on the lunar surface tomorrow – 19 January 2024.
Rwanda Bill: Dr Briony Jones
It is important not to forget that this plan to ‘stop the boats’ addresses a relatively small number of individual asylum cases, and is not a comprehensive or humane plan to tackle the scale of the challenges around welcoming and processing asylum claims. The real challenge is in stopping human suffering and dismantling the systems and prejudices which produce and sustain it.
Dr Trevor McCrisken: Trump success in Iowa
As a front runner, Trump will increasingly define the Republican opposition to Biden’s presidency but also give the current president a clear focal point in his campaign for re-election. Tuesday, November 5th is a long way off but the US presidential election process is very much underway! All eyes on the New Hampshire primary next week but also the US Supreme Court which will soon decide whether states can bar Trump from their election ballots due to his role in the January 6, 2021 attempted insurrection on Capitol Hill.