PiPs Newcastle met at The Telegraph pub to discuss the moral and social implications of nudge policy.

UK and US surveys show that only 1 in 3 adults trust the news media most of the time. PiPs Newcastle discussed the reasons for this loss of trust and asked the question: if modern journalism really has gone awry, how do we get it back on track?

Does assisted suicide relieve suffering and give people ultimate control over their own life and death? Or is acceptance by the state of the premeditated killing of a human being always wrong? PiPs Newcastle met at The Telegraph pub to discuss legalisation of assisted dying.

Do people need state intervention to protect them from ‘gambling harm’? Or is the threat to individual freedom and privacy a greater risk? PiPs Newcastle met to discuss what is really at stake in the Government’s crackdown on gambling.

PiPs Newcastle met outside on the Telegraph’s roof terrace to discuss the recent proliferation of anti-car measures across the UK.

PiPs Newcastle met to discuss the topic of the UK’s constitutional monarchy, with a particular focus on whether it is becoming too political.

The first meeting of the Newcastle PiPs group discussed the UK Government’s response to the Covid pandemic.