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...public. It seems likely that Britain’s new PM will attempt to “steady the ship”, securing Britain’s relationship with the EU. She said as much in a speech outside parliament when her leadership was confirmed. Brexit, she said, means Brexit, and securing a good deal must be the top priority. But she will also have to heal her party’s nasty wounds. And even if she...

...public and commercial benefit. Likewise, social movements that seek to popularise new ways of living need to know if their actions are having the desired effect. For example: do their events and newsletters actually create volunteers and change opinion? In short, methods are designed and implemented for reasons that go beyond a general desire to create ‘more...

...public and several candidates made it a topic in their campaigns. Whether the new president is prepared, with the electioneering out of the way, to take a stance contrary to UK interests remains to be seen. The problem, from a British perspective, is that the Brexit talks offer more avenues where France could play hardball. That would certainly be in line with Macron’s...

...public, they interpreted the surprise move as a power grab. The left-leaning French daily Le Monde saw the upswing in Conservative popularity as an opportunity for the party to “shake off Thatcher’s legacy” and to “smother” the Labour opposition. Its centre-right counterpart Le Figaro pointed to May’s opportunism. It saw the election as a chance for her to...

...public healthcare, whether students will have to start paying higher fees, and whether families could lose access to child benefits. Those working could be asked to apply a work permit of some form. Article 20 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which is one of the two main treaties establishing the European Union, states that every person holding the...

...public sector employment (disproportionately impacting women) or by depriving lone parents (disproportionately women) of welfare and support. Indeed, when the imbalance on the Brexit team first came to light, a House of Lords committee asked David Davis, secretary of state for exiting the EU, to clarify how many women were on his team. He did not know. He had not noticed....