A London court says the government can’t trigger article 50 without a parliamentary vote. A Belfast court says it can. What’s a United Kingdom to do?
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We know there has to be an act of parliament but there’s all to play for when it comes to what’s actually in it.
New study finds potential cause of Breivik’s crimes.
These days, we aren’t often told when a terrorist plot is foiled, but Brits still set off fireworks to remember the one they do know about.
States who want to keep criminalising LGBT people are trying to stop the UN from creating a way of investigating them.
How the Article 50 judgment kicked a hornets’ nest.
Ranting narcissists with no patience for detail have terrorised and suppressed their people the world over. Is a new one about to join their ranks?
A landmark decision means the government will not be allowed to trigger Article 50 without putting it to a parliamentary vote.
The Republicans’ hardline 1964 candidate famously said that ‘extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice’. Sound familiar?
By choosing to talk to MI5’s most outspoken press critics, the spy boss has made a very shrewd move.
While the citizens of the capital protest against their president, everyone else hails him as their saviour.
English and Scottish football players are set to defy a FIFA ban by marking Armistice Day on the pitch.
News media publishers could face punitive sanctions from state approved regulation.
Smugglers who transport migrants and refugees into the EU are both heroes and villains.
I like you, but won’t ‘like’ you.
A more nuanced approach is needed to what upsets or disturbs people.
If the US government is still split between the parties after November 8, the era of terminal gridlock will continue.
Donald Trump’s racist appeals to white fear may have doomed his campaign – and his party.
After two elections and months of deadlock, a minority administration has been agreed. But the situation is far from stable.
Many migrants would have stopped before they reached Europe – if only there had been the opportunities.
The developing world is waking up to the internet. We need to know how new generations of children use it.
No member state has ever left the EU, so it’s far from clear if one can have a change of heart after starting negotiations.
Why is figurative language more powerful – and what feelings exactly does it stir in an audience?
The case against extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.
Some dads need just as much help as mums, but society isn’t giving it to them.