Polly Rippon

Journalist (20 years) and media law/court reporting teacher @sheffjournalism

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The Conversation
06/25/2021
Why Matt Hancock's private life is very much in the public interest

The Sun newspaper's publication of images from Matt Hancock's office inside the UK Department of Health, which appear to show the health secretary in a "steamy clinch" with a colleague, has led to his resignation. But it has also once again raised the issue of privacy from press intrusion.

Prospectmagazine
The government's flood plans don't hold water-because of this fundamental problem

Boris Johnson's recent visit to the flood-hit communities of South Yorkshire highlighted the human cost of last week's 'biblical downpour' as he was confronted by angry residents. TV images of heartbroken residents wading through their living rooms, camping out in community centres, existing on donated tins of food and roads resembling rivers are becoming all too familiar as the effects of global warming take hold.

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