Politics

The 2024 UK General Election came with lessons that skeptics should listen to

There have always been parties pushing fringe beliefs at elections, but Reform saw significant gains by courting the conspiracist vote - we need to pay attention

What does the recent UK election mean for skepticism and pseudoscience?

The recent UK election saw conspiracy theorists and climate change deniers leave office, and pseudoscience candidates fail at the ballot box

Donald Trump’s survival was no miracle – unlikely things happen, without supernatural interference

Donald Trump's supporters have attributed his failed assassination attempt to a miracle, to bolster the claims that he's a candidate chosen by God

Gaza and the dangers of contextless critical thinking

Analysing events in Gaza without giving crucial context and due reference to history renders our critical thinking neither critical nor thoughtful

“No Tax For Genocide”: is the refusal to pay taxes a reasonable form of protest?

The "No Tax For Genocide" campaign urges protesters to withhold tax payments, but followers of their advice should think hard about the group's goals

Irredeemably Flawed: The IPP prisoner scandal, and the death of Matthew Price

Matthew had been free from prison for almost 10 years, when the hopelessness of his situation led him to take his own life – another victim of the IPP prisoner scandal

#TradWife: the misogynistic movement based on cosplaying an American ideal

The #TradWife movement claims to offer women a simple, structured and idealised life. In reality, it reduces women to property, in service to white nationalist agendas

Does a prohibition-based approach to drugs and disposable vaping make sense?

The government are often swift to ban recreational drugs, even without evidence of harm - but when it comes to disposable vapes, are they right?
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