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The ICE Storm: a year-long escalation
Funding, law, rhetoric, violence. How each has fed the other to lead here
Jan 26
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Guest post - The intensive care bed of the future: seeing beyond the numbers
Guest post by Dr Ahmed Al-Hindawi on how smarter monitoring can reveal what’s really happening inside critically ill patients
Jan 18
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Is Trump going to attack Greenland?
It is hard to believe, but the administration seems to be building up to something
Jan 10
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It was not a super flu year
Update on flu and covid in England
Jan 8
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The paper trail to Caracas
How the US spent months building the legal and military case for attacking Venezuela
Jan 5
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December 2025
Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025
The implications of a year in Trump's new America and why I started tracking Trump - and why I'm not stopping.
Dec 29, 2025
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Beyond the Headlines: Corruption, Coercion and Power in Trump’s First Year
This is an article I wrote for Best for Britain's Diplomatic Cable on President Trump's first year of his second term.
Dec 16, 2025
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Is it really a super flu year?
We're in the middle of a serious flu wave, but we just can't tell yet how bad it's going to be. Week-on-week comparisons are being used in a misleading…
Dec 11, 2025
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Christina Pagel
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How much should the NHS worry about this winter's flu wave?
It's looks like a serious wave, but too early to say it will be worse than recent years and reporting is getting ahead of itself.
Dec 4, 2025
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November 2025
Authoritarian echoes: how America is mirroring Egypt and Russia
**Guest post**: A US veteran’s perspective on the erosion of US democracy and the urgency of the 2026 midterms
Nov 19, 2025
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The erosion of evidence: how to counter disinformation when the state is spreading it
When trusted institutions have been captured by the state, how do we preserve trustworthy information?
Nov 15, 2025
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Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
Nov 11, 2025
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