Everyone in their place.
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It’s a nice idea: a society where people are judged on merit alone. But it remains a fiction.
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Copeland has been Labour for more than 30 years, but these are not normal times and this is no ordinary by-election.
The changing landscape of UK higher education.
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The Higher Education and Research Bill is well overdue, but is now really the right time to make huge changes to the sector?
Rock and roll.
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George Kerevan, Stephen Boyd and Katherine Trebeck see a world where employees are treated like just-in-time inventory.
A local shop, for local people.
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British comedy has always revelled in self-reflexive parody. Now, following Brexit, perhaps the re-nationalisation of British comedy is nigh.
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An eco-friendly EU withdrawal is still possible.
Continue cooperation is crucial.
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London and Brussels should be constructive about Brexit – for both their financial benefit.
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The UK has to move on from these petty squabbles and start coming up with a plan.
Trump supporters celebrating.
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The more we have to defend our choice to others, the more certain we become that we are right. So what can we do about it?
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Under the Tudors, parliamentary sovereignty became paramount.
Rogers was a key figure in Brexit negotiations.
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The lack of respect shown to a senior civil servant working hard to make Brexit work is troubling.
We’re in with the out-crowd Donald.
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A year of political upheavals introduced us to the new insurgent tribes.
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It’s become a popular meme: 2016 was the worst year ever. We’ll be lucky if it was.
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Brexit, Trump, terrorism, 18C, safe schools, the gay marriage plebiscite, a government with a wafer-thin majority and a fractious Senate: it has been quite a year in politics.
Happy new year.
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Where do we go from here? After a dramatic year, we look ahead to some key economic and political trends that will influence our lives over the next 12 months.
From turkeys to salmon and brussels sprouts, modern living is putting mounting pressure on the festive feast.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Dostoevsky’s infamous novel reflected a wave of reaction against economic liberalism, not unlike that which has occurred during 2016.
BAE Systems displaying the Typhoon fighter jet.
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One of the UK’s biggest export industries depends heavily on cooperation with other EU member states.
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If education and tolerance go hand in hand, how is it possible that anti-immigrant sentiments are so virulent in educated populations?
The world economy is inextricably linked with the US.
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A lot has changed in the global economy since the Federal Budget 2016.