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Lucy Marshall
United Kingdom
Changes to the farmers’ inheritance tax – fair or farcical?
For the last few months, there have been repeated and regular protests by farmers over inheritance tax changes to their estates. These...
Cianan Sheekey
Europe
Elon Musk and a Loss of Political Sanity in Europe
If we do not consider how to prevent the rise of these destructive populist figures, they may well destroy European values altogether.
Reuben Gilhooley
Americas
Jimmy Carter, The Simpsons, and “Nice Guy” Populism
By Reuben Gilhooley Jimmy Carter, the first peanut farmer to possess nuclear capabilities, is dead. The church bells of Plains, Georgia...
Tristan Donaldson
United Kingdom
EU, USA, or Further Afield? Where Does the UK Go Now for Trade and Economic Relations?
By Tristan Donaldson The Labour government has been handed control of the UK in a transitional time for world politics. The US just...
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