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In Canada and Germany, the climate crisis is finally on the ballot. But can it win?

In Canada and Germany, the climate crisis is finally on the ballot. But can it win?

19 September 2021

CNN

"Unlike in election years in the past, we've seen climate as a core issue right from the start -- given people's insistence on climate action in the polls, all major parties have made it a main element of their rhetoric," said Jérémie Gagné, a senior associate at the research group More in Common.

In Canada and Germany, the climate crisis is finally on the ballot. But can it win?

Polling polarised Poles: what government and opposition voters think of each other 

Polling polarised Poles: what government and opposition voters think of each other 

18 August 2021

Notes from Poland

"Polish political elites have developed powerful and at the same time extremely divisive narratives, but neither Polish society nor political leaders have developed effective “reconciliation mechanisms” to overcome comparatively minor rifts and keep the society together. In the long run it will be necessary to ensure that the political community is rebuilt. Otherwise Poland will time and again become the prey of one tribe or another". 

Polling polarised Poles: what government and opposition voters think of each other

Don't Mention the Culture Wars

Don't Mention the Culture Wars

28 July 2021

The Telegraph

"The biggest problem is not the divide, which does not functionally exist, but the way in which people feel shut out of the debate, for their inability – their lack of desire – to scream at each other on social media...The wise (responsible) politician will dig in with truth and those unbearable and unfashionable things: nuance and compassion. It’s where the country is. So where are they?"

Don't Mention the Culture Wars

Cultural Change - Dousing the Flames

Cultural Change - Dousing the Flames

27 July 2021

Sky News

When it comes to cultural tensions do you think politicians resolve issues or seek to enflame them?

"Both politicians and campaigners are turning what should be discussions about these sensitive issues...into rows"

Sky News Breakfast with Niall Paterson

"British people strive for nuance and balance"

"British people strive for nuance and balance"

27 July 2021

GB News

"Briton's are very likely to say that free speech needs to be protected, people are too easily offended nowadays, but they also think that when it comes to hate speech we should be taking action".

Luke Try on GB News discussing new report Dousing the Flames