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...simple fatigue. Across the political spectrum, there was enormous relief at the welcome distraction of a titanic baseball World Series final between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, in which the former ended a 108-year losing streak. Early voting means that for millions of people, the election is already over: their votes are cast. They just want a result. Of...

...simple process of using a Work Capability Assessment (WCA). Those deemed ‘fit for work’ are denied benefits. Between May 2010 and February 2013 just over 2 million people had WCA’s. Of those, 40,680 were dead within a year. The ONS is careful to point out that as the cause of death is unknown in most cases then it is not possible to infer a correlation of one to the...

...simple. The nursery nurses had not had a pay increase for 15 years (UNISON Scotland, 2004). On the other hand, and perhaps more importantly, they were arguing for recognition of their enhanced role in the provision of ‘early years’ education where they were the key workers (see Mooney and McCafferty, 2007). As one nursery nurse put it: “we don’t just change...