Oh, Jeremy: UK Labour Party’s Dilemma Began Long Before Corbyn
After protracted in-fighting and defeat in December’s UK Election, “Labour Party members have to decide how much more hostility surviving MPs can absorb”.
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After the UK Election: The Government’s “Hostile Environment” Is Here to Stay
“Never mind Windrush Scandal and dehumanizing of immigrants, replaced with targets: in post-election,’Brexit’ UK, ‘hostile environment’ is here to stay.”
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Facing Up to the Age of Loneliness
In era marked by changing communities and loss of traditional support networks, and by contact via social media, how can we deal with loneliness?
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After the UK Election: No, It’s Not Smooth Sailing for A Johnson-Trump Relationship
“Trump can probably expect a more obsequious disposition from Boris Johnson’s UK towards US. But future US administrations may regret consequences.”
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Video Analysis: What Really Happened in the UK General Election?
Did Brexit really win UK Election? Matthew Cole and Hasan Patel discuss outcome for the Conservative and Labour Parties, and what happens to Britain now.
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UK Election: Why All Wasn’t Right on Corbyn Road
“After Corbyn, Labour now needs time for reflection with debate, dialogue, and open discussion. It needs to be conversation informed by facts and outcome.”
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New Best Friends: The State of Pakistan’s Civil-Military Relationship
How Prime Minister Imran Khan and Pakistan’s military became best friends, with “ties likely to bind until leaders on both sides bid farewell to positions”
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UK Election Video: The State of the Campaign With 5 Days to Go
Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has “made the best impact” in UK...
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UK Election: The Conservative Party’s “Dead Cat” Strategy of Diversion and Deception
UK Election, Conservative Party, and Boris Johnson: “This isn’t accidental lying. It’s deliberate — a strategy of diversions through falsehoods.”
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UK Election: What Decides Marginal Seats? Brexit, Public Services, and Scottish Independence
Difference in UK Election between Conservative majority and hung Parliament? Clues are in marginal seats like Wakefield, Dudley North, and North East Fife.
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UK Election: A 48-Second Guide to Tactical Voting
Tactical voting could be vital in the most important UK General Election since 1945. But what exactly is a tactical vote and how do you cast it?
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UK Election: “New” Liberal Democrats Are Facing Old Problems
The Liberal Democrats are the UK party with the most emphatic pro-European stance — so why might they be squeezed out in the 2019 General Election?
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Free Internet Access is Now A Human Right
Free Broadband? “The internet has become not only an essential utility for conducting daily life, but also crucial for exercising our political rights”
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Emotion in the UK General Election
In the UK Election 2019, are we angrier now than in past votes and debates? Is it just a case that “we are able to express” emotion in era of social media?
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30 Years After The Berlin Wall: Memories of A Police State and 2 Germanies
30 years after Berlin Wall, Germany’s memory culture allows victims to reclaim pasts — but it must find space for those who remember things differently
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EA on Monocle 24 and BBC: A Trump-Farage Alliance v. Boris Johnson — and for No Deal Brexit
Why is Trump boosting Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party and undermining the ruling Conservative Party of Prime Minister Boris Johnson? A vision of No Deal Brexit.
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Iraq’s Women Risking Their Lives for Revolution
“Iraq’s women are not giving up and refuse to be silenced. A new generation is rising from the ashes and there is no turning back now.”
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Can Democracy Survive in a Polarized Society?
A University of Birmingham discussion: Can we have a well-functioning democracy with citizens acquiring and evaluating information in a polarized society?
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Why Repatriation of Culture is Important
“Repatriation of cultural and material objects cannot be made only on the terms and in the timeframes that suit European political whims.”
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Belgium’s Populism and Polarization: Europe in Miniature?
With populism and development — or lack of development — in its many institutions, Belgium is now setting the path for political shifts across Europe.
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So You Want to Make Your Own Bond Film….
Find out how James Bond film maintains relevance amid gender politics, geopolitics, & popular culture — and write your own at Future of Society Festival.
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Is The Force Still With Us? Star Wars at the University of Birmingham
For University of Birmingham’s “Birmingham Strikes Back” event on November 6, EA republishes its Star Wars series in hope that The Force Is Still With Us.
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Surprises in Switzerland’s Election: A Green Surge, More Women, and Decline for Populist SVP
Surprises in Switzerland elections as Green parties surge, women take 42% of seats, and right-wing populist SVP falls — but will these have lasting effect?
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Italian Right’s Victory in Central Region Challenges Coalition Government
“If the right can repeat its Umbrian feat in forthcoming regional elections
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Extinction Rebellion, We Have A Problem
Speaking truth to power is a noble and worthwhile political endeavor. But Extinction Rebellion’s punishment of ordinary people is callous & self-defeating.
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The Price of Brexit: The UK’s Political System
“Many of the UK’s institutions and relationships have been under pressure for some time, but the Brexit process has given those threats critical mass.”
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Justin Trudeau Survives — But Canada’s Future is Under Threat
Justin Trudeau remains as Prime Minister — but Canada, which exists because of a commodity which threatens sustainability of humanity, avoid extinction?
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Erasing the Homeless in Reporting Their Deaths
Statistics of rising deaths of rough sleepers inadverently show: “We want to care, but the way we engage suggests we have an aversion to the homeless.”
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“Enough Silence”: Iraq Protests Expose A Damaged State and Facade of “Democracy”
“We will take to streets. protesting. Enough silence about what’s going on. We cannot watch Iraq being destroyed when we have armies of jobless and poor.”
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What’s Wrong With US and UK Bank Culture
“After the financial crisis and numerous scandals, policymakers in the UK and the US made bank culture a top priority. Everything and nothing changed.”
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