Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suspended the MP over his comments about Sadiq Khan but has conspicuously failed to acknowledge the Islamophobia at the heart of the scandal.
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Cartography has become one of the most successful technologies for understanding the world around us. But like the world itself, maps and map-making are constantly evolving.
Contemporary characterisations of squatters and street vendors as a “nuisance” reproduces colonial urbanism ideas of hygiene and order.
Sending ground troops to Ukraine could provoke a wider and vastly more dangerous war with Russia,
Europe should not ignore the importance of Serbia as a Russian ally.
The Home Office has proposed paying influencers to discourage migrants from coming to the UK.
Most of Vladimir Putin’s opponents are either dead, in jail or in exile. But it might just be ordinary people who can take over the battle for democracy in Russia.
The number of people sleeping rough in rural areas has increased by 24% in the last year.
There is no manual for a job at the top of government but a few golden rules are largely agreed upon by those who have experienced ministerial life.
Recent events in Keyham, Plymouth, are a reminder that every year unexploded second world war-era ordinance is still found in British cities.
Taiwan’s presidential candidates failed to address women’s interests and resonate with women voters.
Relationship anarchists argue that we should relate to one another as equals and accept that intimacy can take many forms.
Argentina is already feeling the sting of its new president’s policies – but Javier Milei is pressing ahead with ever-more radical plans to overhaul the economy.
Research shows that US campaign spending in elections tends to mobilise people to vote rather than to switch support.
When parliament blocked a radical MP from taking his seat in parliament, Burke warned that ignoring the people’s democratic will could have disastrous consequences.
The Russian president still insists that Ukraine has been taken over by hostile pro-western elites over the past decade.
Restrictions on media coverage and the use of sexual history in court would be more effective changes.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
Nikki Haley’s supporters are much more likely to believe that Joe Biden won the 2020 fairly than those of Donald Trump.
History tells us that the White House and the Pentagon have been able to wield a degree of influence over Israel’s decision-making.
Instead of voting on a ceasefire, the House of Commons descended into furious arguments between MPs and the speaker.
The absence of data concerning homeless populations is not a new phenomenon. It underlines the wider invisibility of the unhoused.
Western military support for Ukraine is more important than ever.
In The Conversation Weekly podcast, researcher Colin Irwin explains how peace polls can help build consensus in conflict negotiations – but only if all parties are at the table.
Egypt would be seriously destabilised by hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Gaza.