Boris Johnson: heading back to Downing Street.
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December 13, 2019
Paul James Cardwell , University of Strathclyde ; Costas Milas , University of Liverpool ; Hanna Szymborska , The Open University ; Helen Parr , Keele University ; Katy Hayward , Queen's University Belfast ; Ken Rotenberg , Keele University ; Kevin Albertson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Sean Kippin , University of Stirling , and Victoria Honeyman , University of Leeds
Our panel of experts analyse the results of the British election.
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Sitting MPs toppling right, left and centre? Not necessarily. The connection between the safeness of a seat and the chances it will change hands is much looser than we might expect.
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Alerting people to the threat of surface water flooding is still in its infancy, but a new review reveals a combination of prediction modelling and weather watching aims to help affected communities.
‘Come and have a go, Boris.’
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At first glance it seems like a strange strategy to go big on another independence referendum when half of Scots would vote No.
Jez-ebel.
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With Labour in danger of coming fourth in Scotland, they could have done without fresh independence trouble.
Scotland’s first minister on the campaign trail.
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It is still not easy to reach firm conclusions about Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence.
What … no bluebirds?
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London is a tourist magnet, but the rest of the UK desperately needs investment and promotion. Brexit is not helping.
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Scientists are left with two conclusions. Either Nessie is an eel, or she never existed at all.
A Scotland-wide statue trail is celebrating the work of Dudley D. Watkins, a quiet man who became one of Britain’s most important comic book artists.
Demonstrators in Scotland make their feelings toward Boris Johnson known.
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The £300m extra funding apparently bypasses the official block funding mechanism that has been in operation since devolution.
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More than 1,000 people died as a result of drugs in Scotland last year.
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Scotland successfully targeted its smoking problem, now it needs to do the same for obesity.
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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Scotland is eyeing another independence referendum and now Wales wants in on the act. England feels left behind and Northern Ireland is at the centre of the Brexit impasse. Things aren’t fine.
Here comes the big one.
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Why wait for the Scottish men’s team to make it to a senior international tournament when the women are showing them how it’s done?
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The ruling party took three of six seats in the European Parliament.
So much for gender balance.
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I went to talk to men at football matches about why they don’t want to become nurses – here’s what I found out.
Is there such a thing as an European identity?
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Does an “European culture” or a “European identity” actually exist?
Cressida Dick, Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
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In Scotland, researchers have been at the heart of police reforms – all very different to south of the border.
No place like home.
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Housing laws in England can still leave tenants without proper protection, but the latest reforms offer hope for the future.