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Trump and the triumph of hopeful nihilism
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and the triumph of hopeful nihilism

...public funds are spent, and even more radically expanding the economic and political imagination to envision what a more emancipated “post-capitalist” society could look like. The days of cynicism may be over but that does not mean that nihilism has won forever. In this spirit, it is essential to promote an alternative politics that would make replacing the current...
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Milton Keynes rallies in support of the Corn Laws
History & The Arts

Milton Keynes rallies in support of the Corn Laws

...public advertisement, convned the meeting of yesterday. The requisition for the meeting, signed by some of the principal tenant-farmers of the neighbourhood was as follows: Protection to Agriculture We, the undersigned, tenant farmers of the three hundreds of Newport, in the county of Buckinghamshire, deeply impressed with importance of following the steps of the meeting...
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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
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Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...public policy and education. Yet, the interdisciplinarity of the field, and the variety of ways of looking at citizenship, have also meant that there is no distinct methodological approach to citizenship, and that no single methodological approach can say all that there is to be said about citizenship. What is more, as the day school made clear, methodological approaches...
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The Experience and Memory of 11 November 1918
History & The Arts

The Experience and Memory of 11 November 1918

...public displays of jubilation became less commonplace. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Britons began increasingly to view the war in a disillusioned light, and memoirs from this period often portray 11 November 1918 as a distinctly sombre affair. In Good-bye to All That (1929), for example, Robert Graves – who had served as an infantry officer – recalls ‘his...
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Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?
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Does Germany need a smooth Brexit just as much as the UK?

...public perception of post-EU relations with Europe. Even more serious, it serves as a barrier to establishing a rational negotiating strategy by Theresa May’s government. In the same way that there remains disagreement in the UK over whether or not Brexit should still go ahead, or whether or not it should leave the single market, analogous divisions manifest themselves...
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After Manchester: Pause, and carry on
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After Manchester: Pause, and carry on

...public events, and about counter-terrorism strategies generally. But right now is not the time for these. The difficult questions However, right now is the time for one other, overarching question. This question is entirely non-partisan: it’s a question not just for this prime minister, but for all the previous prime ministers who have had to respond to such atrocious...
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How good were the pollster's predictions?
Science, Maths & Technology

How good were the pollster's predictions?

...Public put the Tories 5% ahead of Labour, and SurveyMonkey (for the Sun) called the gap at 4%. Survation, the firm closest to the final result in their unpublished 2015 poll, this time put the Conservatives on 42% and Labour on 40%, very close to the actual result. Qriously (for Wired)​ was the only pollster to put Labour ahead, by three points. Transcript According to...
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Young people are not apathetic
Society, Politics & Law

Young people are not apathetic

...public purse through ever worsening austerity measures. 2011 was a big year for global outcries of discontent with the way the world currently works. From the urban unrest in the UK after the killing of Mark Duggan, through to protest movements such as the Occupy movement in New York and London and many more cities - the events of 2011 caused people to reflect and ask...
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