Christina Pagel, Director of the Clinical Operation Research Unit at UCL and member of Independent SAGE, lays out her reasoning for cautious optimism about the trajectory of the pandemic as the UK eases out of lockdown. Continue reading Covid-19: We’ve come a long way, but we’re not out of the woods yet
Dr. Nicholas Wright, Lecturer in EU Politics, Department of Political Science UCL, discusses the implications arising from the Commission’s U-turn on triggering Article 16 in the vaccine supply row and highlights the lessons that can be learnt from this debacle. Continue reading The European Commission and the Article 16 Debacle
Ronan McCrea, Professor of Constitutional and European Law, UCL, explores the factors that contributed to the EU’s slow approval of the Covid-19 vaccine and assesses the accountability of their decision making. Continue reading Vaccine roll-out: the EU must be accountable for its decisions
Matthew Flinders offers five explanations for the UK’s relative ‘shambolic and bumbling response’ to Covid-19 in comparison to Germany. Continue reading Comparing Covid responses in the UK and Germany: Part I, the UK
Anna Holzscheiter details the factors contributing to Germany’s relative Covid-19 ‘success’ in comparison to the UK. Continue reading Comparing Covid responses in the UK and Germany: Part II, Germany
