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Let's embrace the UK: it’s time for a ‘staycation’

Looking forward to your next dose of summer sunshine abroad? An exciting city break caught your eye? It’s time to rethink that reality....

The politics behind the cabinet reshuffle

Last week, cabinet members were nervously biting their nails in anticipation of Boris Johnson’s second cabinet reshuffle. A reshuffle...

Turbulent Times For The Monarchy - Yet It Should Still Stand

With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, announcing they’re jetting off to Canada, stepping down as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and...

Is the United Kingdom worth the price to pay for Brexit?

As the House of Commons rages over the draft deal negotiated in November, with Theresa May’s government eternally lurching from crisis to...

Matthew Hedges: Has Britain called the UAE’s Bluff?

Upon first glance, it would not be wrong to categorise the prosecution and subsequent pardoning of Matthew Hedges, a British national and...

A health service for the 21st Century

The NHS was born out of consensus: the agreement that healthcare should be free at the point of delivery to tackle society’s ills. 70...

Brexit: take it from the people's hands

Recently, there have been calls for a second EU referendum. This referendum would likely ask voters three questions whether to: accept a...

Tories playing Russian Roulette with the Northern Irish peace process

Earlier this year, we witnessed the death of the former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, and Provisional Irish Republican Army...

The inequalities of state surveillance: Everywhere, anywhere

Photograph: Flickr / Jonathan McIntosh Nothing to hide, nothing to fear, right? This is a common snappy retort frequently uttered by...

Why the appointment of Kerry McCarthy to the shadow cabinet is good

Photograph: Flickr / Dan-Raoul Miranda Jeremy Corbyn’s appointment of Kerry McCarthy as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food...

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