France and the UK are leading European military support for Ukraine, and putting pressure on Germany to follow.
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Britain and France are working together to create coalitions to support Ukraine, with some success.
David Cameron meeting with Xi Jinping during a visit to China in 2018.
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The foreign secretary wanted to embrace Beijing when he was prime minister but times have changed.
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Scott Benton was able to lobby for the gambling industry despite reforms introduced by David Cameron when in office.
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Westminster has rebuked Scotland’s first minister for holding his own bilateral meetings without a UK diplomat being present.
He’s back.
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Some former leaders provide a much needed steady hand. Others just steal the limelight.
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Sunak recently attacked ‘30 years of the status quo’ and promptly appointed a man who governed for six of those years to his top team.
Rishi Sunak’s new cabinet meets.
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While UK governments last longer than average, cabinet secretaries have below average tenure.
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Rishi Sunak’s former home secretary thinks she is speaking for the silent majority but most people disagree with her on key points – or have other things to worry about.
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Cameron heads straight into the House of Lords so that he can join Rishi Sunak’s top team following the reshuffle triggered by the downfall of Suella Braverman.
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Contempt of court is a serious matter. It shouldn’t be a politicised issue.
Diwali in Trafalgar Square: a celebration of multicultural Britain.
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A historian explains what politicians like Suella Braverman and David Cameron get wrong about multiculturalism.
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Net migration numbers tell us little about the effectiveness of migration policy.
People take the citizenship oath at Pier 21 immigration centre in Halifax on July 1, 2017.
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Immigration targets can be useful and expedient for policymaking. In the public arena, they need to be more fully understood if immigration debates are to be based on reality.
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An influential group of the UK prime minister’s own backbenchers want more wind farms.
French president Emmanuel Macron greets the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris Chems-Eddine Hafiz in October 2022.
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Liberal schools of thought largely inform how Muslims are viewed across Europe, research finds.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Prince Charles, now King Charles, speak at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on July 1, 2017.
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The decision to wage war is among the most important a government can make. How and by whom should such decisions be made? Canadians can learn a lot from other democracies.
The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to a push for citizens initiatives to enshrine abortion rights.
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Referendums and citizens initiatives can be a popular way to push politicians to listen to the people – they can also be an exercise in propaganda.
Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss.
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Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.
‘I’ve always got time for you, Nick.’
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The language around former UK deputy prime minister’s promotion was very telling.
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The prime minister’s party has long sought to reconcile political popularity with fiscal constraint.
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The former prime minister didn’t break any rules in his relations with Greensill – because the rules hardly exist.
Power to the platforms.
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David Cameron’s work for Greensill highlights just some of the problems with current UK regulation on lobbying
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Supply chain finance is now in jeopardy.
People power in Totnes.
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The UK government has been trying to hand planning power over to local people for 50 years – but research reveals it has fallen far short of its goals.
‘Is he here yet?’
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As former director of the US Information Agency, Edward R. Murrow, once put it, presidential travel should be treated as a ‘weapon’ to influence popular opinion.