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Want to understand Brexit? Just look at Sports Direct
The notorious warehouse was built on the site of a coalmine. In Bolsover, a constituency near Sheffield, 71 per cent of voters opted to leave the European Union. If you want to understand why, look...
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No economy is an island: why Britain's finances now depend on Europe
Weak growth in Europe turned Britain into a safety deposit box, but that may soon change. If you believe Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, the Brexit vote has plunged Britain into...
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The £7m fingers: how Jeff Beck became a guitar hero by saying no
Kate Mossman talks to Jeff Beck about escaping Eric Clapton's shadow, dodging fame, and why he can’t go and see Pat Metheny. Michelangelo and Da Vinci loathed each other. Ingres sneered at his chief...
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A Lord’s Test match is a wonderful social event – not least because of who...
My week, including an invitation to Mrs May, grilling a top copper, and the unity of Miliband and Farage. The harrowing details of the terrorist atrocity in Nice made for a difficult listen. The...
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How the “conscience” objection for doctors is being used to threaten safe...
A new parliamentary report seeks to expand how far a doctor’s “conscientious objection” to providing abortion can stretch. Getting an abortion in the UK is an exercise in hoop-jumping. You have to...
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Anthony Horowitz’s New Blood is the most accurate portrayal of London...
“Do you know how hard we work? How little we earn? This city never gives you any chances.” The police procedural is hardly the most cutting edge televisual format, burdened as it is by generic clichés...
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Owen Smith is naïve if he thinks misogynist abuse in Labour started with...
“We didn’t have this sort of abuse before Jeremy Corbyn became the leader.” Owen Smith, the MP challenging Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest, has told BBC News that the party’s nastier...
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Liam Fox as International Trade...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for International Trade. Only Nixon, it is said, could have gone to China. Only a politician with the impeccable...
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Andrea Leadsom as Environment...
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. A little over a week into Andrea Leadsom’s new role as Secretary of State for...
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Word of the week: Michellania
Each week The Staggers will pick a new word to describe our uncharted political and socioeconomic territory. After brash Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump paraded his family at the...
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Donald Trump brings home his dark vision of America at the Republican convention
The Presidential nominee pledged: "Safety must be restored." Donald Trump brought home the Republican convention Thursday night with a dark vision of contemporary America – a darkness he claimed only...
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Munich shootings: The bloody drama where everyone knows their part
A teenage gunman murdered nine people in Munich on Friday night. At time of writing, we know only certain facts about the gunman who shot and killed nine people and wounded many more at a shopping...
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How The Mare throws gender, race and even language into flux
Mary Gaitskill's new novel presents an agonising world of "nice" and "nasty", where moral choice is always constrained. I never loved pony books. Like many girls, I briefly tried to direct my longing...
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MPs Seema Malhotra and Stephen Kinnock lay out a 6-point plan for Brexit:
Time for Theresa May to lay out her priorities and explain exactly what “Brexit means Brexit” really means. Angela Merkel has called on Theresa May to “take her time” and “take a moment to identify...
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Keir Starmer MP: Choosing ideological purity before power is a dereliction of...
The former director of public prosecutions believes getting involved with Brexit negotiations is crucial. Three weeks after Brexit, Keir Starmer held a public meeting in his London constituency of...
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Ansbach puts Europe's bravest politician under pressure
Angela Merkel must respond to a series of tragedies and criticisms of her refugee policy. Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, is supposed to be on holiday. Two separate attacks have put an end...
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Liz McInnes MP: I voted to keep Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader - now I'm...
I furiously opposed the vote of no confidence. But Corbyn should have listened and resigned. We’re deep into one of the most intense periods in British politics. The phrase “A week is a long time in...
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Locals without borders: governments are using diasporas to shape the...
Governments of countries key to the migration crisis are tapping diaspora influence more than ever before. Last month, on 21 June, thousands of Eritreans descended on Geneva and marched across the...
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Chi Onwurah MP: I did not want to vote for Trident - but I did
I do believe the use of nuclear weapons is immoral, but there is more to consider than that. I did not want to vote for the renewal of Trident. I don’t like voting with the Tories, I don’t want to...
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The closure of small businesses in Calais is punishing entrepreneurial...
We meet the Afghan refugee who purchased a plywood shelter, painted it with blue hearts and green flowers, and stocked it with basic supplies. The police have just destroyed his makeshift shop. French...
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