POLITICS in PUBS

In this update we cover our upcoming appearance at the Battle of Ideas Festival, a summary of recent and upcoming meetings and two new groups getting started.

Politics in Pubs is appearing at the Battle of Ideas Festival in London. Come and join us with discounted tickets for members and supporters.

Professor Peter Ramsay joined the Manchester group to talk about how Brexit exposed the chasm between rulers and the ruled, and the void where representative politics used to be.

We have been busy with many meetings and added a new member to our network! Upcoming meetings are discussed - please try to join us if you can.

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?

Dr Benny Peiser, Director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, discussed the cost of Net Zero and why the policy is likely to fail.

This was our second meeting in Sheffield and we had an open discussion to home in on where we are going to focus in the coming months.

The news is full of items about climate change and the climate 'emergency'. We are told the science behind these topics is 'settled' and there is no need for debate.  Is this true?

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.

Tim O'Rourke, chair of the North West region of the Social Democratic Party joined us to explain what the SDP stands for.

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.

NATO was formed in 1949 with Britain as a founding member but is it about time to reconsider our membership?