Author: Marc Limon

What do recent election results tell us about Labour’s chances of returning to power?

What do recent election results tell us about Labour’s chances of returning to power? This article, the first in a two-part series, will focus on the first of those categories: audience. Who does Labour need to reach out to? Which parts of the British electorate should be prioritised?

Marc Limon writes about Facebook’s decision to ban Trump indefinitely from their platform; the Oversight Board warned that social media companies have a responsibility to strike a balance between free speech, and safety.

Marc Limon discusses the Biden administration’s announcement to introduce a global vaccine waiver, which would allow other lower-income countries to develop vaccines. Was this a PR stunt though? And would Western nations be better off removing export restrictions and sending vaccines around the globe?

Marc Limon explains how the BBC could be used as a model for rejuvenating civil society and the digital world, so that it can be used to improve democracy and human rights.

Marc Limon explains the significance of the right to protest. The UK government’s attempt to pass a bill which will curb protests and give police more power, is a direct threat to democracy and human rights.

Marc Limon explains the areas that the UK government will have to work on in order to ensure a working relationship with the EU. What path would Sir Keir Starmer take and what would this mean for Labour?

Marc Limon looks at the significant decision Facebook’s new board will have to make in a few weeks time: should Trump be indefinitely barred from Facebook? Alongside this, he looks at recent cases the board has overturned, including posts about Muslims in Myanmar and ‘fake news’ in France.

Marc Limon provides a more optimistic view of the future of liberal democracy. Its political and civil rights ensure that leaders are held accountable for their actions.

Is democracy in crisis? Marc Limon looks at how and why democracy has been eroded across the globe and considers the role that identity politics has played.

Marc Limon looks more closely at Biden’s foreign policy speeches and considers what this means for the UK and the rest of the world.

With the US presidential election tomorrow, and millions of votes already cast through early voting and absentee ballots, in an election cycle fraught with fears about voter suppression and the weakening of American democracy, a speech given by Democratic candidate Joe Biden that centres democracy at home and abroad has taken on greater meaning. On […]

On 28 September, Channel 4 News revealed that it had obtained a data cache used by Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, which contained evidence that the campaign had sought to use digital technology to deter 3.5 million black Americans from voting, by targeting them with tailored, negative ads. While digital tools and social media platforms […]

The scandal around this year’s A-level results, and in particular the application of an algorithm to help predict students’ grades based on the historic performance of their school, drew unprecedented attention to the use of digital technology solutions in national social policy. The consequent public outcry eventually forced Boris Johnson and Gavin Williamson into another […]

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One of the most entertaining exposés of the current scandal around A-Level results, and in particular the automatic, computer-generated downgrading of kids from state schools in poorer parts of the country, was undoubtedly provided by James O’Brien of LBC radio. Speaking on 14 August, he expressed his anger as he surveyed the latest gross injustice […]

UK economic output shrank by 20.4 percent in the second quarter of 2020, the worst quarterly slump on record, pushing the country into the deepest recession of any major global economy. Caused by the UK government’s lacklustre response to the Covid-19 pandemic, there are worrying signs that this unprecedented economic crisis could quickly morph into […]

The rise of populist leaders around the world, with their particularly Orwellian brand of post-truth politics, has been one of the defining geopolitical trends of the past five years. From Trump to Orban, Bolsonaro to Johnson, and Erdogan to Modi, these politicians have seemed to carry all before them. Yet perhaps they have finally met […]