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The Northern Ireland Protocol: The Long Road to Agreement

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 By Ciara Howard

Nearly seven years since the 2016 EU Referendum vote, it seems almost unbelievable that Brexit continues to make front-page news. However, despite Boris

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#British #Opinion #Politics #US

Opinion: Acting American – Excitement, Frustration, Catharsis

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

American politics is an oddly global phenomenon, with its elections and issues often dominating news coverage on even our own national broadcasts. If

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Nicola Sturgeon Resigns: Is the Future of Scottish Independence in Danger?

February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 By Ciara Howard

More so than other leaders of the devolved nations in the United Kingdom, Nicola Sturgeon has become a recognisable and influential figure within

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Opinion: Reinstating the Death Penalty – Is it really that radical?

February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

The monotonous tyranny of grey, dull, and plastic politics that has defined our current Prime Minister’s time in office has finally been punctuated

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#Latest #Politics #World

Peru in Turmoil: Political Instability in the Wake of Pedro Castillo’s Removal From Power

February 14, 2023October 15, 2023 By Ciara Howard

Just over a year after his ascension to power, “son of the soil” school teacher turned President Pedro Castillo was removed from power after a 

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Living in a Post-colonial Era? Empire Seems Alive and Well in Ceuta and Melilla

February 8, 2023February 8, 2023 By Ciara Howard

Ceuta and Melilla- or “occupied “Sebtah and Melilah” as they are referred to in Morocco- lie on the coast of North Africa. Connected

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Opinion: Starmer’s Labour doesn’t offer change

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 By Andrew Trovalusci

TW: mention of sexual assault and racism At the end of last year, the Labour Party released a report led by Gordon Brown

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Opinion: How the term ‘Far-Right’ now has almost no meaning

February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 By Daniel Bassett

Far-right has a meaning, I’m told, but whatever that meaning is, it is almost unique in being totally elusive to any description of

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