Who would Putin prefer as prime minister?
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Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn? Who would Vladimir Putin want to see in Downing Street and why?
Boris Johnson claimed child poverty has reduced – has it?
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Boris Johnson claimed in a BBC interview that child poverty was going down. An expert on child poverty looked at the data.
Cynicism (with a tinge of humour) on the rise in the 2019 UK general election.
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The cynicism of political lies and the fear of losing control by opening up the corridors of power can’t last.
Students at the model NATO meeting in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Simulations help prepare students for challenges outside the classroom.
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A look at the challenges of producing and consuming election polls.
Valeria, Shahadat and Leonardo – an EU family living in London.
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London’s superdiversity offers a safe and welcoming space for European citizens – but Brexit poses a real challenge to it.
NATO: in search of direction.
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NATO had its 70th birthday party in London at an awkward moment.
And the crowd says…
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Crowd-based prediction markets have even been shown to outperform intelligence analysts.
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What the main parties propose to do about immigration.
Labour would like to take Calder Valley from the Conservatives.
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Some ultra-marginals are at play, with a picture muddled by the collision of party loyalties and Brexit positions.
Drumming up support: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn canvasses the youth vote, October 2019.
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Instagram has become a major battleground for the attention of young voters.
Just the two of us.
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Single mothers I interviewed described feeling isolated, stigmatised and frustrated with negative stereotypes.
Finally, the handshake.
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The US president, Donald Trump, has arrived in the UK for a summit of NATO leaders – but it’s awkward timing for the British prime minister, Boris Johnson.
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A terrorism expert explains the legislation that led to the attacker’s release.
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Societies have much to learn from the pursuit of happiness on an individual level.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid briefs the House of Commons, September 2019.
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The BBC relies for too much of its analysis on one think tank in particular.
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Like everyone else in this election, Nigel Farage has caught the spending bug, with a little help from a ‘Brexit dividend’.
The EU and NATO: aligned but not always together.
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Why the EU and NATO have struggled to cooperate fully.
A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask flashing a victory sign in Beirut in November 2019.
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Wars don’t produce winners and losers – they never really did.
Net migration has gone down since the referendum.
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There is substantial difference in what’s happening to migration from inside and outside the EU.
Definitely going to ‘get Brexit done’ this time?
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Research from around the world shows that UK leaders are actually better at putting their pledges into action when they win office than voters think.
Boris Johnson and Plymouth parliamentary candidate, Rebecca Smith in front of a statue of Nancy Astor.
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It isn’t just politicians: experts, business representatives, even academics quoted in the media are more likely to be male.
British troops on deployment for NATO in Poland.
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With Brexit on the horizon, Britain’s role in NATO won’t change, but its defence priorities might.
Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson during the launch of her party’s 2019 manifesto.
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The drive for popular and distinctive policies too often appears secondary to the challenge of proving the party’s relevance to the general public.
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What the UK’s main political parties have pledged on foreign policy in their manifestos.