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...Scot-free UK? The silver lining of the leave vote is therefore that it should – although I won’t hold my breath – prompt some soul-searching. It must trigger a national conversation in Wales about politics, the nature of devolution, our economic model, the media, and so on. For once, we have to think long-term about our future. The result has usefully illuminated...

...Scots term for unemployment benefit, quoted in Evening Times on 18 January 1982). Lovable Bra Lovable Bra was established in Atlanta, Georgia, by Frank Garson in 1926. Throughout the twentieth century, it continued to grow and expand, becoming one of the largest bra manufacturers in the United States. In the 1960s, the firm looked to establish a manufacturing base in the...

...law. The Somerset ruling was largely interpreted as meaning that chattel slavery was illegal in Britain, and while this was not actually the case, it did result in reinforcing popular mythologies of British freedom / English liberty as well as deterring many slaveholders from openly displaying their slaves in public or bringing new slaves into the country. Popular support...

...law and paying taxes), all the way to a maximal sense, focusing on combatting injustice in society, defined by Westheimer and Kahne (2004) as ‘justice orientated’ citizenship. It is clear there are different ‘levels’ of active citizenship and, linked to this, questions about just how active an individual should be. Whatever approach a person takes, active...

...law, Sciences Po Strasbourg and Antoine Ullestad, PhD candidate in European law, University of Strasbourg It’s no surprise that a sense of disaster dominated the French media’s reaction to news that the UK had voted for a Brexit, with many underlying the “winds of panic” and the “start of a real cataclysm” in the markets. While some papers spoke of the shock...