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30/06/2025
Labour Rebels Stand Firm As Government Tries To Sell Welfare Concessions
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has defended the government’s welfare bill concessions as “positive changes”, despite leading rebels warning they still feel unable to vote for the legislation.


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30/06/2025
Vitality, not metrics: why we must reclaim the soul of care
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The NHS won’t be saved by metrics – it will be saved by leaders who dare to centre care, imagination, and humanity over control

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30/06/2025
Trump and Iran: ‘They know not what they do’
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Recent history is littered with disasters rooted in leaders’ ignorance; Trump’s Iran debacle shows he hasn’t learned the lesson

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30/06/2025
Commons Leader Lucy Powell: "We Have To Ask Which Traditions Serve A Purpose In The Modern Age"
She arrived promising to drag Parliament into the modern age. A year in, Lucy Powell tells Noah Vickers she wants to widen participation and ditch arcane language


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30/06/2025
The Path to Net Zero: A special report to mark Net Zero Week 2025
The latest issue of The House magazine includes a special report to celebrate Net Zero Week 2025, bringing together the voices of industry experts, parliamentarians and businesses to explore how we can all contribute to achieving our net-zero goals


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29/06/2025
Former Foreign Secretary Says UK Public Needs A “Philosophical Reset” On Defence
James Cleverly, the former foreign and home secretary, has called for a “philosophical reset” in how the British public views national defence, arguing that the country must be prepared to defend its values through both diplomacy and military strengt...


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29/06/2025
Appeasement: UK’s dangerous dance with Trump
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Why is Britain betting its defence on a man threatening allies, spreading chaos, and echoing early fascism?

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28/06/2025
How ‘single stupidest thing any country has ever done’ is behind benefit cuts and high taxes | The Scotsman

“Westminster is looking for savings in the wrong places, with the UK’s hard Brexit remaining a multi-billion-pound drain on public…

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28/06/2025
Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’ | Centre for European Reform

​  “A large chunk of [the tax rises] would not have been necessary if the UK had voted to remain in…

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28/06/2025
Post-Brexit border control post in Wales to sit empty | Sky News

​  The post at Parc Cybi near Holyhead port in Anglesey is now nearing completion and set to be handed over…

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28/06/2025
Post-Brexit Britain ‘too focused’ on major trade deals, ministers say | The Guardian

​  New strategy to focus on ‘more agile’ modest agreements, as opposed to wide-ranging deals. Read More 

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28/06/2025
UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in very dark place’, Albanian PM warns | The Independent

  Edi Rama said things that would have been inconceivable a decade ago are now normal in the UK  …

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28/06/2025
First YouGov MRP since 2024 election shows hung parliament with Reform UK as largest party | YouGov

​  Labour projected to lose over 200 seats, with the Conservatives falling to fourth place. Read More 

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28/06/2025
Growing signs of slowdown in UK job market, says Bank of England governor | The Guardian

​  Andrew Bailey warns of ‘significant decline in wage growth in year ahead’ as Bank prepares for interest rates decision. Read More 

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28/06/2025
UK auto production for May slumps to lowest since 1949 as Trump tariffs hit hard | CNBC

​  The dramatic slowdown in car production is due in large part to ongoing model changeovers, restructuring and the impact of…

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28/06/2025
‘Bregretful’: Majority of UK citizens today would vote to stay in EU, poll reveals | Euronews

​  Nine years after the Brexit vote, the British public is showing signs of regret. In 2016, voters opted to leave…

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28/06/2025
M&S boss criticises post-Brexit food labelling as ‘bureaucratic madness’ | Yahoo Finance/PA

​  Stuart Machin said more than 1000 M&S products being transported to Northern Ireland will need to have a ‘Not for…

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28/06/2025
The Oxford congestion charge: a short saga
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A proposed congestion charge has exposed political divisions in Oxford

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28/06/2025
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing
Labour’s chief police and crime commissioner Emily Spurrell tells Sienna Rodgers the money allocated to policing ‘isn’t going to go far enough’ and warns against slashing back-office staff


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27/06/2025
Exhibition train starts year-long tour of Britain at the Severn Valley Railway
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Family-friendly, interactive visitor attraction opens, marking 200 years of the modern railway

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27/06/2025
EUHealthGov with Óscar Fernández: Navigating Regime Complexity in Global Health: The Role of the European Union

EUHealthGov were delighted to host Óscar Fernández (Maastricht) on 11 June 2025. Óscar discussed findings from his recent ENSURED report on the Intellectual Property and Public Health Regime Complex (co-authored with Mirko Heinzel), and a forthcoming report on Global Health Security after COVID-19, as well as his current work-in-progress. What follows is a summary of […]

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27/06/2025
Democracy in Hungary and Poland
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Fears of far-right rise as Nawrocki wins in Poland and Orbán clamps down in Hungary, warn experts at pro-Europe forum

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27/06/2025
The Rundown Podcast: Sarah Vine On Political Spouses
What is life like not for politicians themselves, but for their spouses, and what does a life in the Westminster spotlight do to relationships? This week on The Rundown, host Alain Tolhurst goes to visit Sarah Vine - famously married to Michael Gove ...


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27/06/2025
How No 10 Sleepwalked Into A Welfare Crisis
Tightly controlled candidate selections and a tough approach to taking away the whip from rebels early in the parliament were not enough to avert a major Labour rebellion on welfare cuts that ultimately forced a humiliating and costly climbdown from ...


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27/06/2025
Keir Starmer Confirms Major Welfare Climbdown To Avert Labour Rebellion
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has offered significant concessions on his welfare reforms in a bid to avoid a major backbench Labour rebellion.


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27/06/2025
When choice isn’t care: some thoughts on Wes Streeting’s NHS speech
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The health secretary’s NHS vision talks justice, but delivers metrics – offering digital fixes where deep, relational care is what’s truly needed

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26/06/2025
Councils Fail To Implement Government Policy On Housing Veterans
Councils including those run by Labour have failed to implement the government’s policy to help house all UK armed forces veterans despite Keir Starmer promising to give them all a “guaranteed roof over their head”, PoliticsHome has learned.


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26/06/2025
Downing Street Pushes For Progress In Compromise Talks With Welfare Rebels
Downing Street faces a race against time to erode a major Labour rebellion that threatens to inflict a humiliating defeat on its welfare reforms next week.


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26/06/2025
Behind the ruling: how ‘Sex Matters’ is shaping UK policy on trans rights
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The UK Supreme Court ruling redefined ‘sex’ – but for trans people, it’s the start of something far more sweeping and exclusionary

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26/06/2025
We need a wealth tax not a “Britannia Card”
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Julia Davies - impact investor, entrepreneur, and member of Patriotic Millionaires UK – argues for a wealth tax, not billionaires’ patronage

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26/06/2025
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
As potentially career-wrecking disasters lurk at every turn, ministers should spend more time learning how to handle a crisis


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26/06/2025
Breaking the cycle of abuse: the DWP’s systemic neglect of survivors must change
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The DWP is re-traumatising abuse survivors. It’s time for an overhaul to stop this routine harm and institutional neglect

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26/06/2025
License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future
Beset by a multitude of global and domestic challenges, the BBC faces one of its most contentious charter reviews in its history. Benedict Cooper asks what fate might befall the licence fee as a result


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26/06/2025
Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women
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Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism

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25/06/2025
Alice Merton, Joe Armon-Jones: music from the heart, not from AI
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As Glastonbury kicks off, we speak to two successful young musicians about the joys and immense new pressures of their art

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25/06/2025
Did Donald Trump steal the 2024 election?
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A legal challenge in New York could reveal the truth behind allegations that last year’s election result was “consistent with vote manipulation”

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25/06/2025
Solving the refugee crisis: A UK-France returns agreement
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A returns agreement between the UK and France could reduce the number of asylum-seekers arriving in the UK, and offer a safe route across the Channel

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25/06/2025
No Reason Why Lords Can't Vote On "Terrible" Assisted Dying Bill, Says Tory Peer
MPs leaving the House of Lords to iron out issues with the assisted dying bill is a "terrible dereliction of duty", a Conservative peer and former chief whip has told PoliticsHome.


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25/06/2025
War is over – as soon as Trump wants it
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If all it takes to end a war is one call from Trump then why didn’t the war in Gaza end months ago?

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25/06/2025
Labour Must Deliver On NHS and Cost Of Living To Have Chance Of Retaining Power, Says Leading Pollster
Labour must improve the NHS and persuade people that the cost of living has eased to have any prospect of retaining power at the next general election, leading political scientist Sir John Curtice has said.


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24/06/2025
Cabinet Ministers Use "Flattery And Begging" In Bid To Dissuade Labour Welfare Rebels
Members of Keir Starmer's Cabinet have been directly calling and messaging rebellious Labour MPs in an attempt to convince them to vote for the welfare bill next week, while MPs describe the whips' attempt to persuade them as "half-arsed".


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24/06/2025
Beyond the buzzwords: rethinking diplomacy through the lens of higher education

Marina Cino Pagliarello Diplomacy is under pressure – from climate change and trade inequalities to military conflicts on multiple fronts. Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to test the continent’s democratic resolve. The crisis in the Middle East underscores the limits of formal diplomacy. Across regions, authoritarianism is on the rise, and even established democracies are […]

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24/06/2025
Labour MPs Urge Government To Proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard As Israel Ceasefire Wobbles
A number of Labour MPs have urged the government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as the conflict between Iran and Israel risks further escalation.


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24/06/2025
What’s happening in Gaza now is nothing less than genocide
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Speaking out against what the Israeli government is doing now in Gaza is more imperative than ever

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24/06/2025
PM Defends "Good Package" Of Welfare Cuts In Face Of Backbench Rebellion
Number 10 has said it is committed to delivering its controversial welfare bill despite a large backbench rebellion which could prevent the legislation passing in Parliament.


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24/06/2025
Nato Commander Pierre Vandier: UK Can Take Lead In Nato's Spying Operations
With European security standing on a knife-edge, Nato Commander Admiral Pierre Vandier tells Sophie Church the UK can lead Nato’s intelligence and surveillance operations


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23/06/2025
Warwickshire police under fire over inadequate response to public
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Warwickshire Police are blaming a shortage of officers after a government report slammed its poor record of attending callouts

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23/06/2025
Between Geopolitics and Political Economy: The European Union–Mercosur Negotiation

by Nicolás Pose-Ferraro (Assistant Professor of International Studies at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay) Since 2023, there have been renewed efforts to conclude the long-awaited European Union (EU)–Mercosur preferential trade agreement (PTA), including a 2024 successful renegotiation of the 2019 ‘agreement in principle’ between both parties. However, the agreement’s completion remains uncertain. What is […]

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23/06/2025
To the world: Don’t let them say we asked for this
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An open letter to world citizens and their leaders in the wake of the US bombing of Iran

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23/06/2025
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
The government has announced it will proscribe Palestine Action under terrorism law after the group broke into and vandalised RAF base Brize Norton.


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22/06/2025
Was Brexit decided in Russia in 1997?

In 1997, a little-known Russian political thinker, Aleksandr Dugin, published The Foundations of Geopolitics. Inside, he laid out a blunt and chilling plan. Russia, he argued, would not rise again through tanks and bombs alone. It would use propaganda, political subversion, disinformation and destabilisation, especially across the West. One of Dugin’s most striking claims was […]

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22/06/2025
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
The government's immigration policies could produce another Windrush generation, a London Labour MP has said.


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22/06/2025
In search of the Labour Party’s principles
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After decades of voting Labour, I’ve reached a point when the soul of the party, once rooted in social conscience, now feels adrift

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21/06/2025
Re: The fundamentals of fascist Britain: a turbulent history
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A reader offers observations on, and corrections to the article on the history of British fascism

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21/06/2025
Keir Starmer Faces An Increasingly Fractious Labour Party
The government expects to win the upcoming vote on its contentious welfare reforms. But the work that is going on behind the scenes to avert a major rebellion illustrates a restless Parliamentary Labour Party. 


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21/06/2025
Government Seeks Input On Including Racism In Islamophobia Definition
The government working group tasked with producing a new Islamophobia definition has sent out a call for evidence to ask whether it should include racism.


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21/06/2025
FIFA’s Club World Cup has kicked off – but does it really matter?
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The Club World Cup is surrounded by issues from cynical motivations to political unrest and player fatigue. More to the point, does anyone care?

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20/06/2025
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Promises to welcome the best and brightest ring hollow, say experts


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20/06/2025
MPs Vote To Allow Assisted Dying Bill To Proceed
MPs have voted for a second time in favour of legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people, by a close margin of 23 votes.


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20/06/2025
Between Two Pillars: Validity Gaps and Legal Reality in the EEA

Vanessa Aichstill On 7 May 2025, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court delivered its highly anticipated ruling in Joined Cases E-1/24 TC and E-7/24 AA, offering crucial guidance on the interpretation of European Economic Area (EEA) rules on access to beneficial ownership information. The questions arose: how should this provision, originally part of the […]

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20/06/2025
Welcome to our new blog “Navigating EU Challenges with SCEUS”!

The team of the Salzburg Centre of European Union Studies (SCEUS) will bring you fresh commentaries and analyses on current challenges to European integration. We are an interdisciplinary group focusing on the economic, legal, and political developments of the European Union and currently a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence. It is through the Centre of […]

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20/06/2025
Public Expects To See Improvements In NHS, Schools And Housing Before The Next General Election
The public expects to see tangible improvements in this Parliament in the NHS, schools and housing, according to new polling.


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20/06/2025
The Rundown Podcast: Greens At A Crossroads
This week the podcast takes a look at perhaps the forgotten winners of last year’s general election, as despite unprecedented success in winning 1.8m votes and quadrupling their number of MPs to four, the Green Party finds itself at something of a cr...


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19/06/2025
Labour Whip Quits In First Frontbench Resignation Over Welfare Reforms
Labour MP Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a government whip, becoming the first frontbencher to quit over controversial welfare reforms that will come to a vote on July 1.


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19/06/2025
Everything You Need To Know About The Second MPs' Vote On Assisted Dying
MPs are set to debate and vote for a second time on a bill which could legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people.


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19/06/2025
Closing in on cannabis: the fight for security in Stoke
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Cannabis farms in Stoke-on-Trent are being targeted in a joint initiative between police and the local council to create a safer community

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19/06/2025
Absent Minds: How To Solve The Crisis Of School Absenteeism?
Absenteeism is undermining the education of children in poorer areas, including those that do attend regularly. Noah Vickers reports on why so many are missing classes and the efforts to repair the damage


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19/06/2025
Beyond the rhetoric: writing for Gaza and the search for truth
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The crisis in Gaza is often misrepresented in the mainstream media; a writer and poet pays tribute to the people of Gaza in their suffering

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18/06/2025
Nigel Farage Hopes The Iranian Regime Is “Wiped Out"
Nigel Farage hopes the Iranian regime is “wiped out” in its conflict with Israel. 


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18/06/2025
Breaking from MAGA and Christian nationalism: My journey – and how others can too
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Raised a Southern Baptist and trained to vote a certain way, I broke from MAGA and Christian nationalism. Here's how – and why it matters

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17/06/2025
Solar storms are increasingly threatening our life on Earth
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We live in the Sun’s atmosphere and space weather is closer than you think; solar storms can have serious impacts on our life on Earth

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15/06/2025
Surreal serendipity: looking for meaning in random events
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Is good fortune purely down to serendipity or are other forces at play? Re-discovered gems from the past conspire to give life meaning

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14/06/2025
The fundamentals of fascist Britain: a turbulent history
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The approval of three new fascist parties continues the 100-year legacy of the British far-right movement

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07/06/2025
Nuclear power: a dream not worth having
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The Government wants more nuclear power stations, but renewable energy is cheaper, safer, and more sustainable

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06/06/2025
The first referendum was decisive, the second divisive

It was exactly 50 years ago, on 6 June 1975, that the UK learnt the result of its first-ever national referendum, on whether to remain in the European Community. The result was emphatic. Over 67 percent voted to stay, a 35 percent margin in favour of remaining, a decisive outcome. All four nations of the UK […]

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06/06/2025
WECA results: what have we learned?

The national Reform surge has made Labour think hard, and West England is no exception

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05/06/2025
John Major saw the lies of Brexit – and told us

Three weeks before the EU referendum, Sir John Major issued a stark warning to the British people. On 5 June 2016, the former Conservative Prime Minister appeared on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show and accused the Leave campaign of being “fundamentally dishonest” and “verging on the squalid.” He warned that the public was being fed […]

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05/06/2025
Will Sir Keir Starmer be the UK’s Joe Biden?

Are we  sleepwalking, or even racing, into a Reform UK government?

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05/06/2025
Tracking the UK-EU reset

Following the EU-UK summit last month, I’ve finally got my ducks in a row on trying to track the substance of what follows. You’ll recall that apart from the Security & Defence Partnership, there was not a single definitive legal instrument. Instead, there was lots of language about ‘working towards’ things or ‘exploring possibilities’: all […]

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03/06/2025
Brexit: What a difference a day made

In early June 2016 – nine years ago – the UK stood on the edge of a knife. YouGov’s poll-of-polls showed Remain and Leave running neck and neck ahead of the EU referendum. On 26 May, Remain led with 46% to Leave’s 42%. But by 1 June, the two were tied at 44%. Even on the […]

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20/01/2025
Benn defends decision not to pull Stormont brake
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says he's disappointed but that the government are now taking action over unionist concerns.


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20/01/2025
Brexit fishing row heads for trade court showdown
The UK has banned European vessels from catching the silvery fish species in its North Sea waters but the EU is challenging the move.


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10/12/2024
Stormont votes to extend post-Brexit trading arrangements
The Northern Ireland Assembly spent six hours debating controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements.


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09/12/2024
Rachel Reeves signals wider reset of EU relations
Labour has ruled out rejoining the EU but may be open to alignment on areas such as farm and food exports.


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09/12/2024
Small businesses being 'crucified' by sea border
Stormont will vote on whether NI's Brexit deal should continue to operate for another four years.


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03/12/2024
No Windsor Framework alternative, says government
The UK government has provided its advice ahead of a vote at Stormont next week.


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07/07/2024
New foreign secretary wants to reset UK-EU ties
The new UK government wants to signal its desire to engage in the face of multiple world crises.


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05/05/2024
Why Brexit is not 'done' for Northern Ireland
Events this week show that Brexit will keep rearing its head, writes economics editor John Campbell.


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02/02/2024
What is the new Northern Ireland Brexit trade deal?
Ministers have set out new trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the rest of the UK and the EU.


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21/12/2023
How the NI Protocol became the Windsor Framework
BBC economics and business editor John Campbell looks at the in and outs of the 2023 Brexit deal.


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25/01/2023
Britain, Spain, Singapore? Gibraltar mulls its future
As talks resume on its future, the British overseas territory fears for its sovereignty and border.


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30/12/2020
A quick guide to what's in the Brexit deal
These are the most important aspects of the UK-EU deal, and what they mean for people's lives and businesses.


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31/01/2020
Full Brexit journey in under two minutes
It's been more than three years since the UK voted to leave the European Union but how did we get here?


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13/12/2019
Why we lost – and where we go from here

When the history of Brexit is written, the Lib Dems’ decision to let Johnson hold this election will be seen as a key strategic error.

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11/12/2019
7 reasons to vote Johnson out

We can kick Johnson out. So brave the elements and vote for the candidates with the best chance of beating the Tories.

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11/12/2019
Trump sabotages Brexiters’ last-ditch safety net

Relying on the WTO for our trade was always a terrible idea. Now that the US president has ripped a hole in it, it’s economic suicide.

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11/12/2019
With a final tactical voting push, we can beat Johnson

Good news from YouGov poll is Tory lead is shrinking. Bad news is they are still ahead because too many pro-European votes are being wasted.

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10/12/2019
Johnson won’t stop the chaos – that’s just propaganda

A Tory victory means more chaos. The only way to end the arguments over Brexit and fix our real problems is to vote them out.

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10/12/2019
Tories bully BBC because it’s easily cowed

Johnson yesterday hinted he would axe the licence fee. This had two purposes: cover up his NHS blunder and pummel the BBC into submission.

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10/12/2019
At Christmas you tell the truth, but not if you’re Johnson

PM rips off Love Actually in his video but misses out the punch line: “Just because it’s Christmas and at Christmas you tell the truth.”

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10/12/2019
Don’t worry about voting tactically for Corbyn. He won’t win

Right-wing press has branded Corbyn unelectable. They are right - he is. Not for the reasons they suggest, but because of simple maths.

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09/12/2019
Tory “punch” propaganda backfires

To cover up Johnson’s NHS disaster, Tories fabricate story about Labour activist punching Hancock aide.

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09/12/2019
Johnson’s dishonesty and disorganisation on Irish Sea border

Not only is Johnson lying about surrendering to the EU demand for an internal UK border, he isn’t ready to deliver a deal by December 2020.

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