Overruled.
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A lesson from Greece on why driving a hard bargain with the EU does not end well.
The Brexit fallout shows why referenda shouldn’t be considered lightly.
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Referenda have their place in democracy, but can also be misused.
Restrictive immigration policies make it difficult for overseas students to stay on and get jobs after their degrees.
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Research shows people are more likely to reject international students when they are perceived as a threat to themselves or their children.
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Operation Brock’s underwhelming test run goes to show how ill-prepared the UK is for a no-deal or hard Brexit scenario.
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Because of its geography, the UK must put an end to uncertainty over asylum policy after Brexit.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper is leading on an amendment that could help stop a no-deal Brexit.
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A cross-parliamentary group hopes to prevent the UK from crashing out of the EU by blocking the government’s taxation powers.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the Deutscher Arbeitgebertag congress, organised by the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA) and gathering German employers in Berlin on November 22, 2018.
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The labour market inequalities and economic insecurity are stoking discontent from the Rhine to the Seine.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 1, 2018. Post-Brexit, Canada and the U.K. have a chance to transform their economies by working together.
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As 2019 dawns, a worldwide circular economy could be created through international trade and trade agreements like the one that could be forged between Canada and the U.K., post-Brexit.
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British is an imperial term, not a national one.
New 12-month visas will be available for lower-skilled workers under new proposals.
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The UK government has done little to prove how it will continue to attract highly skilled migrants after Brexit.
Would Britain vote to leave a second time?
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We can use data on public attitudes to help get a sense of whether the UK would vote differently if it got another chance.
An anti-Brexit protester speaks during a demonstration.
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Back in 2016, the Brexit vote and US presidential election seemed like a nationalist one-two punch that could knock out the European Union. Instead, EU support actually rose, new research shows.
Is this what anyone voted for?
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The former Chancellor was no economist, but he was better at politics than Theresa May.
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A few billion is not a massive amount compared to the government’s total budget for the year. But it could significantly help school and police budgets.
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The British government’s immigration plans may be long-awaited, but they have not come at a good time.
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What do you do when ‘no deal’ looks like a disaster? Stick another word in front of it. Problem solved.
Corbyn tabled a vote, but not the vote people had wanted.
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For anyone wondering, not for the first time, what on earth just happened in parliament?
As the year come to an end, all the polls are giving a significant two-party preferred lead to the federal Labor Party.
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The latest Fairfax-Ipsos and Essential polls give a strong lead to Labor, with some interesting – and variable - detail on the attributes voters see in the leaders of the two major parties.
‘Tis the season to spend.
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Months of low advertising spending has been blown out of the water by a Christmas splurge.
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The most important decision of a generation is being made by a party at war with itself. That can’t be right.