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How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?
Society, Politics & Law

How did Facebook likes help Labour at the ballot box?

...world events, Labour was able to bypass a mediated and predominately hostile press. And Corbyn’s supporters in activist groups such as Momentum and the hyper-partisan media were able to successfully amplify these messages. Of course, Labour didn’t win the 2017 election. But its impressive social media campaign will unquestionably influence other parties’ strategies...
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Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit
Science, Maths & Technology

Fermanagh: The backdrop to the G8 summit

...world Three hundered million years ago (the Carboniferous System), what was to become Ireland was to be found around the equator as part of a continent called Laurentia. The land was desert where wind-blown sand became sandstones, some containing pebbles, which later became conglomerates. Lapping the coast was a warm tropical sea with corals, primitive fish and some very...
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The case for and against a second referendum
Society, Politics & Law

The case for and against a second referendum

...World Affairs Council] Tony Blair has been a vocal supporter of a second referendum Ben Williams, tutor in politics and political theory, University of Salford The primary argument in favour of holding a second referendum is that there have been further significant political developments and changes since the original vote in favour of Brexit. These have included various...
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On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study
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On a Wing and a Prayer: A case study

...World War that were built to allow a clear view of the channel; so I was made aware of these physical boundaries; the space between the end of England and the beginning of France, and the way in which the Channel Tunnel penetrates those boundaries, and these three things coincided in my brain. I felt compelled to find a way to better comprehend this journey, so I decided...
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The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982
Society, Politics & Law

The Lovable Bra Occupation, Cumbernauld, 1982

...World War Scotland to combat the overcrowding of people and industry in Glasgow, and to take some of the population that was designated to be ‘overspilled’ from the city. The land surrounding Cumbernauld Village, which was situated in the historic county of Dunbartonshire, was designated in 1956, and the aim of Scotland’s urban planners was to create a fully...
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Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market
Money & Business

Foreign games consoles finally enter the Chinese market

...world. To bypass the Ministry of Culture's prohibition, Sony called its product a “computer entertainment system,” instead of a “video game console.” Ahead of December 20 launch date of Playstation 2, however, the Ministry of Culture issued a new decree, and Sony was forced to postpone its effort to bring the console to China. In early 2004, Sony again tried to...
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Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'
Society, Politics & Law

Arnold Circus, London: social housing for the 'deserving poor'

...world. He discovered that streets once famed for silk weaving had become a densely populated warren. A single house here contained 60 people, there was barely any sanitation and the streets were filled with human excrement, fostering deadly diseases. Life expectancy for the poorest of Victorian Shoreditch was just 16. The clip is reproduced with permission from the BBC....
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The Borders of Astrobiology
Science, Maths & Technology

The Borders of Astrobiology

...worlds may hold. Not just potential life, but also other forms of value we do not know or recognise. On our own planet, we have a long way to go in discovering and appreciating the many forms of value it holds or might come to hold. Looking at another planet – an entire, giant, billions of years old planet – and claiming that it is completely valueless (or only has...
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