When facts are fiction.
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The origins of the post-truth age date back decades, but the real world is now fast fading from view.
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We feel less shame in our personal lives than ever, which is a good thing. But we do still need our leaders to be bound by it.
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MPs were supposed to vote either for or against the prime minister’s deal in a special weekend session. But things didn’t quite work out like that.
EU-reka?
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The prime minister has come to a new agreement with Brussels. But the question is whether he can get it through the UK parliament.
Yeomen of the Guard conduct a ceremonial search of parliament before the state opening.
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A vague list of ideas for a government that doesn’t really want to see this parliament run its course.
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The deal put forward might win the prime minister support at home but Brussels also has to get on board.
Can you tell one from the other?
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The world faces a collision between facts and alternative facts – so how do experts get their message heard over the din of fake news?
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Division among the opposition parties continues to play into Boris Johnson’s hands.
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Satire can skewer a pompous or corrupt politician. But history shows it can also popularise its targets.
Boris Johnson calls on Jeremy Corbyn to take him on in an election.
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If he can sell this plan to Brussels, it’s game changing – but that’s a big ‘if’.
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Behind the showman, there is a very real strategy.
Fighting talk: Johnson warms up for his Conservative Party speech.
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A look at his published writing shows the prime minister has ramped up the rhetoric as Brexit has approached.
What’s going on in there?
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The humiliation of asking for a Brexit extension could be a price worth paying to get an election.
The Prime Minister’s inflammatory language in Parliament provoked outrage.
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Use of the words ‘traitor’, ‘surrender’ and ‘betrayal’ have increased inside parliament but everyone outside needs to watch their language too.
Attacks on the judiciary undermine liberal democracy.
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Sadly, politicians have been trying to turn the public against judges for a very long time.
The UK Supreme Court ruled there was no good reason for Boris Johnson to advise the Queen to prorogue parliament.
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The UK court decision against Boris Johnson’s move to prorogue, or suspend, parliament could set an important precedent for Australian governments that try to do the same thing.
Brexit supporters gather during a rally in London in late August 2019, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson suspended Parliament.
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The United Kingdom pretty much did what it wanted in the EU. That it chose to pursue a national agenda of austerity and neoliberalism has nothing to do with Europe.
What’s Johnson’s next move?
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Does this mean the prime minister lied to the Queen? And could he face personal repercussions?
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Based on current trends, the UK could be heading for a hung parliament.
Campaigner Gina Miller celebrates her victory outside court.
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His prorogation was ruled unlawful, but that won’t stop the prime minister playing the populist card.