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Recession Pop and the Signs We Can’t Ignore: How Gen Z is choosing to cope with our declining economy

May 17, 2025May 17, 2025 By Gracie Machell

Recession Pop was the era of 2010s music released in the wake of the Great Recession. According to the US Federal Reserve, the

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Opinion: Labour’s Harrowing Obsession with Beijing 

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 By Jack Duncan

In characteristic fashion, the Labour Party is failing abysmally on national security and the basic function of any government in keeping the country

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This Week In PMQs: Education and U.S. Intelligence

March 28, 2025 By Phineas Horan

Just before the Spring Statement, the government addressed questions on whether mobile phones should be banned schools. The House of Commons also debated intelligence with the United States following a security breach involving a leaked group chat from the White House.

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The Greatest Speech of Trumps Presidency Has Been Given – He Wasn’t Even in the Building

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 By Oliver Keay

Senator Chris Murphy’s recent speech stands as a forceful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to subvert American democracy. Delivered in response

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Data Embassies – A New Approach to State Sovereignty in the Digital Age

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 By Joshua Robinson

In the current age, data is power. It is the foundation of so much of the modern world from transport, communication to healthcare.

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Opinion: Why Trump’s Idea of Gaza as the New Middle Eastern Riviera Is an Extremely Dangerous Suggestion

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 By Cordelia Moore

“Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing it, and creating thousands of jobs.

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Opinion: The Most Important Film at the Oscars 2025

March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 By Jack Williams

After a night at the Oscars that was unusually devoid of political statements and speeches, one winner made a strong and hopeful statement

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Opinion: How to Turn Diplomacy into Reality TV

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 By Abby Uffindell

When I saw the headline pertaining to the Oval Office last Friday I couldn’t quite believe it. Surely this was just classic clickbait

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The Tates Are Back in the States? 

March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 By Amber Murphy

The Tate brothers have landed in the US after being held by Romanian authorities on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming a

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Opinion: How US Federal Workers Have Found Themselves Inside an Episode of The Apprentice

March 5, 2025March 5, 2025 By Amelie Singleton

These are policies you expect to hear from the historic regimes of the Gestapo and Stasi, not 21st century America.   

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