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Chlorine chicken on British plates?0
- International Trade, Op-ed
- 29/05/2018
Back when I was living in Vietnam, I bought and cooked a pale looking chicken, which left large rashes over my hands. I never got to know what exactly caused this reaction, but this experience reinforced my cautiousness regarding transformed foodstuff and my aversion for chlorine chicken. This feeling is shared by many across Europe, including in the UK where 82% of the population recently declared they would rather ditch a trade deal with the US than let chlorine chicken into their plates. However, this agreement is very likely to happen, and citizens may not have a say in the matter.
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Chile turns its back on neoliberalism with a policy of free higher education5
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 11/02/2015
A couple of days ago a friend from my fellowship asked me “Is it true that Universities in Chile will be tuition-free and funded by corporate taxes?” Well, to be honest I have never put it in that way, but yes, the answer to my friend’s question is that it is true.
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Childhood is not a crime0
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 26/07/2018
The US government is manipulating migrants by not bringing their children back. How is it possible that children became a blackmailing tool?
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Changing everything so that nothing changes? The future of UK seats in the EP0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 08/08/2017
As the 2019 elections get closer, the future allocation of 73 UK seats in the European Parliament remains an unsolved conundrum. The long-debated proposal of substituting them with a pan-European list of candidates from European Political parties is welcomed with enthusiasm by the Brussels establishment. However, little attention is often devoted to its indirect consequences if not well thought through: more power to bigger Member States, whose candidates would emerge as privileged, and institutional deadlock, as a unanimity of Member States is required to agree according to the rules on Treaty Change.
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Changing energy model dynamics one community at a time6
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 15/07/2017
The science of climate change is complex but clear, the earth is warming. The solution however is steeped in cultural, geographical and political aspects and needs to change the way we think about ourselves and our place in the environment and how we categorize the relationship between society, the economy and natural systems.
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Change must also come from within: Sustainable Sweden is far from sustainable enough0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed
- 28/04/2016
Sustainability cannot just be about greening the production cycle – it is a chance for us to change and, again, live in accord with the planet.
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