Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage is hit with a milkshake in Newcastle.
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How dangerous is dairy? Hannah Arendt can help us understand.
The UK’s Michael Rice at the opening of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.
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After the UK flopped in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, there’s an appetite for another kind of Brexit. But this wouldn’t be a good idea.
Boris Johnson is one of the leading candidates to succeed Theresa May as prime minster. He has none of the required qualities to make a success of Brexit.
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If Boris Johnson becomes PM, the most likely outcome is a no-deal Brexit leavened with the rhetoric of past and future glories of the UK. There are better candidates for the job.
Theresa May announces her resignation outside Downing Street.
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Theresa May’s resilience has been remarkable. But it is also finite.
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The link between empire, inequality – and Brexit.
Is there such a thing as an European identity?
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Does an “European culture” or a “European identity” actually exist?
Are Labour MPs overthinking how angry their constituents would be if they took a different stance on Brexit?
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The political consequences of speaking out about Brexit have been overblown, data from the most recent elections suggest.
Brexit has pushed many activists onto the streets.
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Interviews with Leave and Remain supporters shows a common desire to preserve community and frustration with the self-interest of some politicians.
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Turnout on May 23 could prove revealing when it comes to public opinion about Brexit.
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There are more parties than ever running for the European parliament in the UK – but that isn’t necessarily a good thing.
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The notion of ‘Empire 2.0’ embraced by Brexiteers is backward-facing nonsense.
Charisma isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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The quickest and simplest solution seems to be installing a new leader – someone with nerve, daring and, of course, charisma.
Activists watch the count in Bath.
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Do the local election results reflect local realities?
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History is replete with examples of what happens when the idea of a nation being humiliated is allowed to fester.
Signing the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
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In the past decade the EU has been struck by a series of crises that have proven that it is far more vulnerable than previously imagined.
David Cameron did not expect to lose the Brexit referendum.
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They can be summed up, thus: ignore your people at your peril.
Much of the debate around low-skilled migration is built around misunderstandings.
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Much immigration policy is based around three misunderstandings – on what employers, the public and migrants themselves want.
Pelosi has a quick word with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
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The House of Representatives speaker repeatedly said the UK can forget about a trade deal with the US if it fails to meet its obligations to the Good Friday Agreement.
South Africans go to the polls on 8 May, 2019.
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The current crisis in British politics is significant for countries like South Africa where a change in electoral systems is needed.
Farage launches his Brexit Party, ahead of the European parliament elections.
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The EU saw this coming and is ready for Farage’s ‘Trojan horse’.