The Holderness Hunt in East Yorkshire.
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If elected, Theresa May has vowed to have a fresh vote on fox hunting. This 100-year-old novel should be required reading.
There’s principles, and then there’s policy.
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The way Corbyn’s Labour has handled Trident and defence is perfectly in line with Labour’s history since the 1960s.
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As soon as broadcasters began to focus on policy the gap between the two parties began to close.
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Making manifesto promises is a misleading trend that is distorting the role of politicians and parliament
Brief encounter.
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Theresa May isn’t the only national leader having a queasy election.
uhh, ummm, golly, ermmm, is it 8th June? 9th? Pass?
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A specialist rates the two leaders as they navigate journalistic grillings on the campaign trail.
Hogarth’s The Polling, from the Humours of an Election series.
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We take it for granted, but it wasn’t always so easy to take part in the democratic functioning of the country.
A refugee family at an integration centre in Scotland.
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What the political party manifestos say about refugees and asylum seekers.
Piece of mind.
Arithmedes
Your guide to when to pay attention to them and when to beware.
Winston Churchill was a strong proponent of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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The Conservative party manifesto’s repudiation of the ‘libertarian right’ bodes ill for the European Court of Human Rights.
Well might you ask.
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Despite their clever repackaging and repositioning, the Greens face a disappointing election night – and their biggest problem isn’t going away.
Then I saw her face, now I’m a re-leaver.
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Are you wrong because your opinion differs from the majority, or should you stand your ground?
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The UK needs more US-style political news satire. Sadly broadcast rules are making that difficult.
Never the twain…
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Is this why we are in an age of intergenerational conflict?
Floral tributes near an an anti-Islamic State poster near Borough market, London.
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National security is a more complex issue in the UK these days, after a decade and a half of unpopular wars and years punctuated by regular, deadly terrorist attacks.
Let’s find out.
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If the 2017 polls are to get the election right, they have to nail one variable in particular: turnout among the young.
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Calling an election was a risk, as was opting out of the BBC live debate. And the PM may now be having some regrets.
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After the Conservatives’ U-turn on social care, how do the parties compare?
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Hey big spender – what will your project actually do for the public?
A memorial in Manchester.
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Jeremy Corbyn was criticised for raising this issue on the campaign trail but it’s time we talked about it.