Johnson arrives at the Conservative Party headquarters.
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Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK’s new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about Brexit, the focus of much of Johnson’s career, says the man is hard to pin down.
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It’s not actually unusual for a British prime minister to enter power like this. But does Johnson need a mandate more than most?
New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will succeed or fail on the back of the single dominant issue that dominates British politics: Brexit.
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As the divisive politician becomes the UK prime minister, many are wondering how much democracy he might be willing to sacrifice on the alter of English nationalism.
Move aside.
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We now have ‘Believe in Britain’ and ‘Make America Great Again’. This language posits itself as inclusive, but in reality creates the space for Trumpian excesses.
Pork barrel politics?
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Parliamentarians and party members have held their noses and voted in a man deeply unsuited to lead. Now the British public must live with their choice.
Senegalese women cast their ballots in the presidential elections in February.
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Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
Determined to stop a no deal Brexit.
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MPs opposed to a no-deal Brexit have won a small victory in parliament – but what does it mean?
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One is a lion and the other a fox, but a successful leader must be both.
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They’ve been right so far – and the crowd is now forecasting another Article 50 extension.
The Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby (right) with the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu in February 2015.
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The church is itself divided on Brexit, but that doesn’t mean it can’t provide guidance for a polarised community.
Charles I in Three Positions by Anthonis van Dyck.
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John Major was right – it didn’t end well for the 17th-century king, who ignored parliament and lost his head.
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The referendum was an exercise in ends, not means. But the way Britain deals with the result is crucial.
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New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.
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Election to the Security Council is prestigious for member states because it gives them a seat at the highest table of global decision-making.
Ursula von der Leyen: still under investigation in Germany.
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It’s not just that the new top team only represents western states. Several of them seem rather unprepared to lead the union.
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English will remain an official EU language – even after Brexit – and this will impact the way it evolves.
In 2018 Ireland voted to repeal the eighth amendment of its constitution and legalise abortion, following proposals from a citizen’s assembly.
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It worked in Ireland – now Nicola Sturgeon is asking selected citizens to examine the big constitutional issues facing the country.
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We are living through the latest battle in a 300-year long ideological war over the meaning of humanity itself.
Jeremy Hunt (left) and Boris Johnson (right) are battling it out to be the next leader of the Tory party, and ultimately the next leader of the UK.
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In keeping with the permanent state of political misery induced by Brexit, any outcome of the leadership contest and the subsequent UK-EU politics will make almost everyone unhappy.
Inheritors of an order we did not build, we are now witnesses to a decline we did not see.
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We are, as Snyder is urgently reminding us, perilously close to the edge of the fascist cliff