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The saga of David Cameron and the election debates

I seldom agree with David Cameron however several slip-ups by broadcasters with TV debates recently have changed my stance. Lord Michael Grade, ex-chairman of the BBC and ITV, was right in describing their proposals as “s...

by Lucy Ratcliffe

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Colombia’s military ceasefire: One step closer to peace?

In a fifteen-minute long speech delivered on Tuesday evening, President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Colombia’s Armed Forces shall stop their bombing operations against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) f...

by Leonardo Goi

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Moving UK parliament away from Westminster is not the change we need

MPs may be forced to move out of Westminster in a relocation of the British Parliament. Cue cries of jubilation up and down the country from the many who would like to see power and influence devolved permanently from the capi...

by Lucy Ratcliffe

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The Eurozone’s achilles heel

On 25 January 2015 Greece ushered in the New Year with the election of the leftist SYRIZA party to parliament. All eyes are now on Greece and her new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, in hopes that he will compromise and continue...

by Robert Billings

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The Alarming Rise Of Anti-Semitism In The UK

During a February edition of the popular British TV programme ‘Question Time’ which sees members of the public pose questions to politicians, something quite remarkable took place. A Jewish contingent in the audience deliv...

by Ved Menon

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Regional Developments In The Battle For Syria

In an unfolding tragic tale of twists and turns, the Syrian conflict has transmuted from that of a show of solidarity for the Arab Spring in 2011 to that of a continuous conflagrative self-destruction perpetrated by several arm...

by Samson Faboye

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The Future Of Human Rights In Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian King Abdullah’s death ends a fourteen-and-a-half year reign that saw marginal policy changes, particularly of those which relate to human rights.

by Sneha Nanavati

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Do You Have Skin In The Game?

Do you have ‘skin in the game’? Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, and Jérôme Cahuzac, interestingly, do or did not have that. ‘Skin in the game’ refers to a person putting his or her money where his or her mouth is. P...

by Bernard Lim

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The saga of David Cameron and the election debates

Colombia’s military ceasefire: One step closer to peace?

Moving UK parliament away from Westminster is not the change we need

The Eurozone’s achilles heel

The Alarming Rise Of Anti-Semitism In The UK

Regional Developments In The Battle For Syria

The Future Of Human Rights In Saudi Arabia

Do You Have Skin In The Game?

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