Brendan Shaw "Today we are in the midst of a crisis of liberalism and liberal democracy. The rise of sordid anti-liberal, anti-democratic far-right movements cannot be understood without recognising this." -Daron Acemoglu, Nobel-winning economist, Financial Times , 29 Nov 2025. "The 25th anniversary edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer has revealed a profound shift to acceptance of aggressive action, with political polarisation and deepening fears giving rise to a widesprea

Brendan Shaw “The importance of competent government is perhaps the most important of the many painful lessons that are being learned...

Brendan Shaw "Show your warts, your problems, your challenges. Be a human being. This is the time for human beings, not human doing” - ...

Podcast interview of Brendan Shaw with Paul Cross from BioPharmaDispatch, 8 December 2021 that can be heard here. The interview discusses...