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Who will lead Britain out of the European Union
Society, Politics & Law

Who will lead Britain out of the European Union

...change people’s minds rather than focusing on getting existing eurosceptics out to vote. And there is evidence to support that approach. British public opinion towards European integration can be summarised as largely indifferent and mostly shallow. That makes it highly erratic. Famously, the 1975 referendum moved opinion from two-thirds in favour of a “No” to...
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How we found gravitational waves
Science, Maths & Technology

How we found gravitational waves

...change lengths, the laser beams take a different time to travel through them. This means that the two beams are no longer “in step” and what we call an interference pattern is produced – hence the name interferometer. The changes in the length of the arms are actually tiny – roughly one million millionth the width of a human hair. This is because the signal from a...
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What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?
Science, Maths & Technology

What's so exciting about gravitational waves being discovered?

...change in the diameter of the Earth compared to the 1m change due to a tidal bulge. What can gravitational waves be used for? Given that these ripples are so small and so difficult to detect, why have we made such an effort to find them – and why should we care about spotting them? Two immediate reasons come to mind (I’ll leave aside my own interest in simply wanting...
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RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes
Education & Development

RIP, LEA: The local education authority vanishes

...change will not deliver long-term sustained improvement in itself. Local authorities have provided a platform for a range of collaborations between heads, teachers, various schools and local and national services. Admittedly, some authorities are better at this than others, but the setting up of a free market competitive model for school governance where academy trusts...
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Do independent enterprises really matter?
Money & Business

Do independent enterprises really matter?

...changes, but (again) it doesn’t have to be that way. This is how capitalism works, (a few) small firms are bound to grow into big ones, whether it’s via acquisition or organic (internal) growth. There will still be opportunities for the next generation of start-ups in the ‘interstices’ (spaces) left behind as the big firms grow – yes, big business does sometimes...
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What might the Trump presidency be like?
Society, Politics & Law

What might the Trump presidency be like?

...changes in the US – primarily, though not solely, working-class whites. With this uncanny skill, he has magnified a form of identity politics the Republicans have long been using to appease and mobilise their base. This experiment in political engineering began in earnest back in the early 1990s. It was until recently an insidious thing, usually advanced via dog-whistle...
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Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Communicating a challenge to liberal democracy

...change people’s perceptions of what is politically and economically possible. Prompted by Paul-Francois Tremlett’s recent blog on physical protest objects, I would like to contribute my reflections on using language and discourse to imagine a politics beyond liberal rationalism. The 15M, which began in May 2011, was a protest against the economic crisis, the austerity...
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Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Europe letting down Eritrean refugees?

...change in policy, but many were living in destitution awaiting a decision on whether they would be deported. Other countries, such as Switzerland, have also begun changing their policies towards protecting Eritrean refugees. EU efforts to stop journeys beginning The EU has funded several initiatives in recent years with African partners, including Eritrea, have also...
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