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Brits Abroad

Renew's European Co-ordinator Terry Knott on the reality of Brits living in the EU27. It’s not generally known that there are some 1.3 million (upper estimate 2.1 million) British passport holders in the other (currently) 27 countries, of the EU. The majority are based, inevitably, in the four big nations: Germany, France, Spain and Italy, but there are still lots...

Published on 28 Aug 2020

Interview - From the other side

In a new feature, this week we will be looking at the human side of international politics. This week we speak to a Brit living in Holland, and a Nederlander living in the UK. Introducing James Cavell, full-time dad and part-time Occult Metaller (with Era Distolas) and Lennard van Otterloo, entrepreneur and columnist. ...

Published on 14 Aug 2020

The Problem With Local Lockdowns

Renew Member and Prospective Candidate, Jamie Hirst, examines local lockdowns Governments and their departments love blanket policies. Left, right or centre they all love a cheeky blanket policy. They are easier, cheaper and quicker to implement. The fact that the Courts repeatedly find blanket policies illegal is just a minor inconvenience. That’s not to say blanket policies can’t be...

Published on 03 Aug 2020

The Russian Influence on Brexit: Decoding the Russia Report

Renew member and candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in the 2019 general election, Haseeb Ur-Rehman, argues that the Russia Report damningly reveals just how influential a part Russia has played within UK politics. The Russia Report is a peculiar document, which obfuscates, skirts, insinuates and in some places almost sarcastically detracts from the Brexit issue; the latter...

Published on 30 Jul 2020

Why weren’t critical facts published?

Chris Lovejoy poses the question: how can we help the UK resolve this crisis before its too late? 400 million people in highly developed countries don’t know why they have suffered so badly from the coronavirus. The failure to publish relevant data in the USA and UK made it difficult for opposition parties, and the media, to rigorously scrutinise...

Published on 30 Jul 2020

Gene editing - dicing with the future of our food

Draeyk van der Horn, Renew's spokesperson on Food and Farming, delves into some of the concerns surrounding gene editing. New genetic modification techniques (NGMTs) such as “gene editing” present ethical concerns as well as economic and environmental ones. There are a number of unresolved questions and concerns. There is an overwhelming flaw in the claim that gene editing of food...

Published on 16 Jul 2020

RENEW BLOG

Brits Abroad

Interview - From the other side

The Problem With Local Lockdowns

The Russian Influence on Brexit: Decoding the Russia Report

Why weren’t critical facts published?

Gene editing - dicing with the future of our food