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It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland not being listened to.
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Holyrood won’t get a veto, but the Supreme Court has done the union no favours.
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Theresa May’s plan to boost UK competitiveness risks exposing flaws in the higher education sector.
HMS Vengeance, off and away.
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Reports of a failed Trident missile launch have all sorts of political and security implications – but they don’t necessarily spell catastrophe.
Donald and Melania Trump centre stage on inauguration night, with family members in the background.
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Kim Kardashian et al taught Trump everything he knows.
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The foundations are shaky after the previous regime, but there are reasons to be optimistic about Theresa May’s initiative.
Protesters in New York ahead of inauguration.
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The people who voted for the new American president may not be as hard for the Left to reach as it may appear.
Softer than she seems.
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The UK government’s inability to devise a fundamentally new economic policy is why it will likely fudge a soft Brexit.
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British business will be hoping that, by shrouding herself in the Union Jack, Theresa May has not overplayed her hand.
A plan for Britain needs European co-operation.
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Going in with all guns blazing is not really how Europe does business – but that’s never stopped Britain.
Sturgeon popularity.
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With a second Scottish referendum ‘all but inevitable’, here’s a strange pill for the nationalists to swallow.
Standing tall.
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The one audience that was prepared for a hard Brexit, it seems, was the City of London.
A ‘Global Britain’ may be difficult to achieve.
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Theresa May will find that having a seat at the table is not the same as being on the wrong side of it.
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The way the pound rebounded does not reflect long-term confidence in the currency.
May is clinging to the glory days as she prepares for Brexit.
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The PM is overestimating Brexit Britain’s place in the world as she boldly strides out of the single market.
May takes a hard line on Brexit.
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The UK prime minister is squaring up to European negotiators in pledging a hard Brexit. But is she overplaying her hand?
Theresa May goes global.
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The UK’s decision to leave the single market and customs union will have huge consequences.
Is the new PM unravelling?
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As pressure mounts, the prime minister needs to prove that her thinking is not ‘muddled’ on some key issues.
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The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Rogers was a key figure in Brexit negotiations.
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The lack of respect shown to a senior civil servant working hard to make Brexit work is troubling.