Still the centre?
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The ‘centre’ has long been chasing the right on immigration politics.
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The law needs updating – but great care is required when it comes to consent and sadomasochistic sex.
Working together.
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Family is far more important for developing engagement of young people in civil society than previously thought.
Swingeing changes are overdue.
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In a divided, alienated, austerity, backward-looking Britain, the time has come to make good on social rights.
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It’s the fairest way to settle this debate – though in the absence of a clear majority supporting either “remain” or a “no deal” it would probably mean accepting Theresa May’s deal.
Members of the Central American migrant ‘caravan’ at the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
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The number of countries withdrawing seems to be growing by the day.
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Europe needs to rethink its priorities on Syria – fast.
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Some possible outcomes as we head into the unknown.
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We need a more nuanced approach to the world’s last isolated peoples.
No Brexit: could it happen?
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The legal and practical steps that would be required for no Brexit to happen.
Don’t forget parliament.
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An EU law expert on what the attorney general’s legal advice on Brexit means and its wider significance for the future.
The far-right Vox party, and its candidate for the Andalusia presidency Francisco Serrano (c), celebrate a strong showing in the regional election.
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Left-wing parties in Andalusia were the biggest losers as right-wing parties gained seats in in regional elections in early December.
Sikh pilgrims at the shrine for Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan.
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In late November, the foundation stone was laid for a new visa-free corridor between two Sikh gurdwaras on either side of the India-Pakistan border.
A West Papuan activist in traditional costume protests in Jakarta for Papuan self-determination.
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The government is focusing on economic development, but ignoring human rights abuses, local politics and indigenous peoples.
Investiture of Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in Mexico City on December 1.
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador plans to combine army, navy and Federal Police units in a new 150,000 strong national guard.
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New research reveals that changes in attitudes led to Sinn Féin’s landslide victory – not the new surge of young voters.
Parliament’s Brexit clock is ticking.
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Ministers were found in contempt of parliament on December 4 for not publishing the full legal advice on the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
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Mexico’s new president is backing an initiative to regulate cannabis from seed to smoke. Here’s how legalisation would work, and why it’s a good proposal.
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A video aimed at presenting the facts about Brexit repeats some of the same mistakes Remain supporters made before the 2016 referendum.
You got a better idea?
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It might seem counterintuitive, but what if giving MPs more freedom could stop the rebellion?
Obiageli Ezekwesili is unlikely to win Nigeria’s presidency, but she could lay down a marker for the future.
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Nigeria’s first serious female presidential candidate could soon make her mark. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe remains in the economic doldrums.
Elder statesman: George H W Bush with the former first lady in 2008.
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‘He had the ability to make you think he was addressing you personally, even if you were one among 10,000 others.’
Gibraltar has its own kind of Britishness.
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Gibraltarians are famously proud to be British. But amid the uncertainty of Brexit, some are having an existential identity crisis.
Who keeps the drones in the divorce?
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Supporters and opponents to the withdrawal deal both say national security is under threat – but the truth is that neither side can guarantee anything at this stage.
I’ll get out the sofa bed, Nikola, don’t you worry.
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Viktor Orban is extremely opposed to taking asylum applications, unless they come from his friends.