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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy
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Language is collateral damage in the gig economy

...course, the use of new words or old words in new ways to promote a certain worldview is not only the preserve of those wishing to hide dubious or deadly practices. Terms such as ‘gay’ or ‘special needs’ are now well-established but were originally introduced to counter negative perceptions of particular minority groups. It could be said that all the examples above...
Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has Theresa May called for a snap election?

...course, isn’t the main reason she’s doing this. What this victory will give May (as well as the chance to crush Labour before it comes to its senses and gets itself a new leader) is a whole bunch of new Tory backbenchers who, whatever their views on Europe and other issues, will know full well that they owe their place on the green benches mainly to her. That almost...
Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?
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Why is the Conservative manifesto the mark of a brave Prime Minister?

...course of the campaign, particularly her decision to stand firm on the 100,000 migrant cap. And it’s not likely to do her any harm. After all, strong leadership is a vote winner. We can also see clearly that the prime minister is willing to take a gamble. She is banking on voters appreciating her honesty and straight talking, something which is usually lacking in...
Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job
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Protecting Landscapes and Creating the Right Tools for the Job

...course the CNPA are well aware of the challenges of successfully achieving this balance and the toolkit shows how they aim to capture some of these elusive meanings in the things they seek to measure. The toolkit is subdivided into three related sections: ‘landscape areas’ which seeks to highlight the topographic ‘character’ within separate subdivided areas of the...
Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?
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Does poor spelling really make President Trump unfit for office?

...course, received a barrage of derision for his assorted mistakes – as another tweeter remarked, “how does a man who wants to limit immigration to only English-speakers [as announced in the RAISE Act] manage to misspell ‘heal’ twice in one tweet?” – but the incidents have done little to change anyone’s opinion of him one way or the other. And that says a lot...
Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class
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Ambridge accents: How The Archers use accent to depict class

...course, for regular listeners, the accents are just part and parcel of the characters we’ve known for years. We don’t only rely on Lynda Snell’s trademark enunciation to tell us she thinks she’s a cut above the rest of the community, we know this from her behaviour. Just as we know that Ian Craig is a kind and trustworthy friend. Status and solidarity In order to...
Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues
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Fifty years of BBC broadcasting about environmental change issues

...course also the people who commissioned and made television in the 1950s and 1960s. They had lived through both the Second World War and Britain’s last days as a colonial empire. Struggles for independence from British rule had been tense and in many cases bloody and that is the background that may go some way to explaining the editorial tone of ‘The Challenge of the...
The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja
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The World Cup has already been won... by Karpatalja

...course. But, for a football researcher like me, such mission statements are useful as they can then be subject to scholarly scrutiny, particularly in the case of larger confederations such as FIFA. Academics can also look at the tournaments themselves. Recent research on sporting “mega events” has looked at whether hosting a tournament does actually promote physical...