Recently, the UK passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID deaths. How exactly the UK got here is a complicated story, and Boris Johnson really only holds part of the blame. A huge amount of it lies with a poorly functioning scientific advice system, the reduction of state capacity due…

Almost every time I venture out on my bike, no matter where I’m going, Google Maps takes me through the affluent neighbourhood of Queen’s Park, where the children of people who bought houses in Notting Hill in the 90’s have chosen to spend their parent’s deposit money. The thing I…