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A Free or Responsible Press?

“A great victory for the forces of oppression”, that’s how Trevor Kavanagh the associate editor of the Sun Newspaper described the Royal Charter drafted by UK politicians in the wake of the Leveson enquiry. “...
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Asia
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Sri Lanka: Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting

The 23rd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is being held in the capital city of Colombo, Sri Lanka, from the 15th – 17th of November 2013. The last CHOGM was held in 2011 in Perth, Australia and the first ever ...
by Gaanashree Wood
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Europe

Blinded by hate: cutting the EU budget

After a marathon overnight summit, leaders of the 27 member states agreed to an historic EU budget. But historic for the wrong reasons. For the first time, the 7 year Multiannual Financial Framework, more commonly known as the ...
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Human Rights

The UK’s Sexist Culture

Earlier this week a UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo, told the press she believes that the UK has a ‘sexist culture’; particularly when it comes to the portrayal of women in the media. A professor in public law ...
by James Walker
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Religion

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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Europe

No apologies from Clegg as conference told to “seize the opportunity”

As Nick Clegg took to the platform to close the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton on Wednesday, one might have been forgiven for expecting a rather sheepish and defensive address from the Deputy Prime Minister. Last week,...
by Matthew Barnes
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The New European Parliament: Opening Statements

Last Wednesday in Strasbourg we saw our first real glimpse of how the next session of the European Parliament will play out over the next 5 years. The leaders of each of the seven revamped political groups in the Plenary, and a...
by Oscar Isham
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Europe

No Satisfactory Justification for Limiting the Access to Welfare of Eastern European Migrants

The British government is planning to restrict benefits for foreign nationals who are new to Britain, fearing that the end of the transitional measures to stem the flow of migrant workers from Romania and Bulgaria will mean an ...
by Benjamin Brindley
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Europe

UK Foreign Policy: A Coalition Success

Since taking office, Britain’s coalition government has gotten plenty of bad press. U-turns, scandals and a double-dip recession have accompanied a slippery slide in public opinion. But this government initiated one extremely...
by Nadine Tewfik-Saad
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