Legal folly and un-Conservative.
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Cameron backs down on plans to cut ties with Europe to avoid a backbench revolt – but this isn’t over.
She speaks.
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Helen Fenwick , Durham University ; Alex Nurse , University of Liverpool ; Andrew Street , University of York ; Anya Ahmed , University of Salford ; Arman Sarvarian , University of Surrey ; Benjamin Bowman , University of Bath ; Caitlin McLean , Glasgow Caledonian University ; Imran Awan , Birmingham City University ; Katharine Jones , Coventry University ; Michael Emerson , Centre for European Policy Studies ; Michael Jopling , Northumbria University, Newcastle ; Peter Lynch , University of Stirling ; Prem Sikka , University of Essex ; Roy Sainsbury , University of York , and Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Academic experts break down the bills in the Queen’s speech and get to grips with the new Conservative government’s agenda.
Just the two of us.
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The EU membership renegotiations are already leaving David Cameron behind, but he can still seize the initiative again.
Japan and the US are taking no chances.
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Japan has spent decades proudly staying out of military matters, but China’s maritime belligerence has changed all that.
Andrzej Duda takes the Polish presidency.
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A shift to the right in Poland in an election that signals tough times ahead for the government.
Breaking the chains.
EPA/Manaure Quintero
Using a smuggled mobile phone, an imprisoned opposition leader has summoned the people of Venezuela to the streets again. Could it bring down Maduro?
Proud justice. But for how long?
Ben Sutherland
Citizens need to be able to seek remedies for breaches of human rights in our own courts.
A happy outcome?
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Susan Oman interviews Goldsmith’s Will Davies, author of The Happiness Industry.
“You’re offside Sepp.”
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Palestine is spearheading an international effort to get Israel booted out of FIFA – but the organisation just wants to stay out of politics.
Ireland celebrates.
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As that famous Irish poet W. B. Yeats put it; all has changed, changed utterly.
Together forever? Maybe not…
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Renegotiation, reform, repatriation - only one will work.
Dark days.
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Hampshire constabulary has paid £20,000 in damages, but the underlying problems will take much more to solve.
Livid.
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Northern Ireland’s old sectarian divides aren’t as stark as they were – but old enemies are coming together in a war fought on sexual fronts.
‘It might take more than the king’s horses and the king’s men, your Highness’
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The Bingham report on how to stabilise the UK is well meaning but out of step with the reality of the situation.
Arms laid down: French president François Hollande visits Bangui.
EPA/Sia Kambou
The CAR is a phantom state that has barely existed for years. Even with a ten-way peace deal now signed, what future does it have?
A long road to equality.
William Murphy
Let’s hope Ireland votes Yes, but the government could have made sure marriage equality happened years ago.
Still adrift.
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Under enormous pressure, countries in south east Asia are at last offering help to thousands of stranded migrants – but their gesture is far less meaningful than it seems.
An historic handshake.
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Prince Charles’ handshake with Gerry Adams was a momentous occasion for many reasons.
A family is a family.
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Gay marriage opponents argue that children need a mother and a father. The law says otherwise.
Found at sea.
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You’d think that the “conscience of Europe” would strive to protect migrants’ human rights.
Nationalism: it’s a more complex picture than you think.
Travel Junction
Conservative political parties did not conjure up English nationalism, they capitalised on a growing trend.
Ashers Bakery case just the icing on the cake.
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The fight over whether gay people deserve service taps into old sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland.
Stopped in its tracks.
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The bank holiday strikes may cause transport chaos, but they’ll pack a big punch for industry workers.
Bad acronym, bad treaty.
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Why everyone should be worried about TTIP and CETA.
Waning influence.
The Catholic Church’s calls to protect children are falling on deaf ears after years of abuse scandals.