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Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Why were Gibraltarians alarmed by Brexit?

...opened in 1982 as part of the negotiations of Spain’s accession to the EEC but has remained a matter of contention between the UK and Spain. In 2014, Spain imposed lengthy border queues in protest at an artificial reef created in what Gibraltar sees as its waters. It is widely understood that it was membership of the EU that prevented Spain from closing the border...
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What does Jacob Zuma's survival of a no-confidence vote mean?
Society, Politics & Law

What does Jacob Zuma's survival of a no-confidence vote mean?

...open voting. Accordingly, speaker Baleka Mbete had little legal choice but to opt for a secret ballot, even though it would encourage dissenting voices among the ranks of the ANC caucus. Politically, she had probably done the political mathematics and, as the national chairperson of the ANC, was confident that regardless of the shield that she said was necessary to...
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Should Economics and the Environment work together?
Society, Politics & Law

Should Economics and the Environment work together?

...openness. How I personally value it hasn’t changed due to the UK National Ecosystem Assessment allowing its worth to be seen as an economically-valuable carbon sink, or a habitat to support insects that pollenate adjacent crops. But the fact it can now be recognized in this way will help it to be taken in to account even without a market. So whilst my personal opinion,...
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Trump and Kim might get together, but the two Koreas are unlikely to reunite
Society, Politics & Law

Trump and Kim might get together, but the two Koreas are unlikely to reunite

...open the North for economic investment and cease current sanctions. But what about unification? Would a peace treaty end any prospects of unification, with each country recognising the other’s existence, or might it install a system of governance that the two countries could share – a federal system, for example? The key question is what Kim really wants. If all he...
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Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work
Health, Sports & Psychology

Millennial burnout: building resilience is no answer – we need to overhaul how we work

...and hostile work and personal environments, rather than giving us all another job of training ourselves to be more resilient to these environments.[The Conversation] Rajvinder Samra, Lecturer in Health, The Open University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. More on Mental Health and Young People...
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Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research
Health, Sports & Psychology

Carers, COVID-19 and Physical Activity: The Research

...Open University study around carers and their relationship with physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic...Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, over 80% of 8,000 unpaid carers lacked the time to take part in their chosen type of physical activity due to their caring duties. The COVID-19 outbreak and the following period of self-isolation made it much harder for carers...
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England v Scotland: A Celebration of Togetherness or Division?
Health, Sports & Psychology

England v Scotland: A Celebration of Togetherness or Division?

...opened up as a consequence of the Brexit vote. Not only does Brexit mean re-making relationships with continental Europe, but it has also reignited calls for a second referendum on Scottish independence and raised tensions in Northern Ireland. 62% of the Scottish electorate voted to remain in the European Union compared to 46.6% of the English electorate. Brexit, as the...
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Selling Empire: Film
History & The Arts

Selling Empire: Film

...1932 pamphlet) in a variety of areas. In this way the EMB should be seen not as a momentary flash in the pan, but rather as embedded in wider trends towards marketing Empire, and towards the increasing scope and dynamism of public relations efforts by British public bodies in general. The BBC established an Empire service in 1932, and the British Council opened in 1934....
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