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Snap election- 8th of June

This morning, Theresa May announced plans to call a snap election on the 8th of June. The move provoked shock in Westminster, as her government had repeatedly rejected calls for an early referendum ...

Pariah States and International Agreements - The Paris Agreement

The UN isn't just the preserve of the world's most respected governments. It is easy to forget that the world's most troublesome states are also actively involved in the UN, and easy to assume they ...

What Britain's post-Brexit immigration policy could look like

Huge questions hang over what Britain’s exit from the European Union will mean for the country’s immigration policy. Free movement of citizens between the UK and EU countries is coming to ...

Westminster attack: the questions security professionals will be asking

Londoners were well aware that the next terror attack in the UK was a matter of when, not if, as the acting deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police said soon after the incident at Westminster ...

Opposition Wins: The Essentials

In the past seventy years or so, there have been five really big changes in Government. Five mornings where everyone woke up to the election results and realised something genuinely significant had ...

Never mind Article 50, here’s why Article 127 could be crucial to keeping Britain in the single market

Britain’s membership of the European single market has become the most contentious issue in the post-Brexit debate. And the legal issues involved are proving rather ...

The Hunt for Russia's Next Enemy

Alexander III, the conservative Russian emperor who ruled from 1881 to 1894, once famously remarked to his ministers that Russia has only two allies: its army and its navy. "The others," he said, ...

Identity in post-Brexit Northern Ireland

n the run up to the EU referendum, former Prime Ministers John Major and Tony Blair visited Derry. With their deep understanding and appreciation for the nuances and sensitivities of Northern Irish ...