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Somebody Pass the Fairy Dust

Renew member Paul Gerken comments on the fantastical fantasy of 'just believing' in a no deal Brexit. Did you know that JM Barrie, author of Peter Pan, had to add ‘fairy dust’ as a requirement for the children’s capacity to fly in his novels, due to an uproar from parents? Apparently, up and down the country, children were repeatedly hospitalised after...

Published on 05 Aug 2019

The Long Read: Can Capitalism Play A Role in Fixing the Climate?

Capitalism is “very much part of the solution” to the climate crisis, Bank of England governor Mark Carney said in an interview yesterday. Perhaps he's right, says Gwen Jones in this Renew Long Read. For a long time, those leading the charge against climate change have branded capitalism – responsible for the oil economy and prioritisation of instant growth over...

Published on 01 Aug 2019

The Iran Crisis is a Taste of Brexit Britain's Future

Britain is lost at sea with little hope of being rescued, says Renew's Gwen Jones.Politics is getting noisier. It’s unfashionable nowadays for politicians not to provide an immediate response to events, whether it be glittering praise or seething condemnation. The new politics is loud, brazen and frankly outrageous, and the stately reservation of yesterday seems almost entirely obsolete. It’s hardly...

Published on 24 Jul 2019

Brace for Impact as the Brexit Asteroid Approaches

Renew Regional Coordinator and prospective parliamentary candidate David Burling gives his take on the damage that Brexit could do to our country.As October 31st looms large in the window of Command Module “Brexit”, a tricky balance needs to be struck by our leaders to ensure that our country re-enters reality safely. We mustn't crash through the atmosphere into eternal inertia,...

Published on 22 Jul 2019

600,000 Young People are Facing Homelessness in Retirement

Millennials continue to bear the brunt of Britain's Housing Crisis, and the situation is only set to get worse. Cut them a break, says Renew's Gwen Jones. Consigned to snowflake-dom by wider society, it’s fair to say Millennials - devotees to Love Island, Instagram aficionados and partial to a good Monzo account - are often tarnished with a fairly unflattering...

Published on 17 Jul 2019

Threats to Press Freedom Are Not New - And They're Hurting Democracy

As October 31st draws ever nearer, a clear vision for post-Brexit Britain is proving stubbornly illusive. So far it’s been all too easy to lay out what we most definitely do not want (backstop, anybody?) but coming up with an identity to carry us into the future is looking to be a great deal more difficult. So what’s it to...

Published on 15 Jul 2019

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Somebody Pass the Fairy Dust

The Long Read: Can Capitalism Play A Role in Fixing the Climate?

The Iran Crisis is a Taste of Brexit Britain's Future

Brace for Impact as the Brexit Asteroid Approaches

600,000 Young People are Facing Homelessness in Retirement

Threats to Press Freedom Are Not New - And They're Hurting Democracy