Tag: Politics
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Star Wars stirs critics with political edge
Can we take the politics of The Last Jedi seriously? The film promotes many liberal attitudes and has even been...
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Poems can be secret weapons, claims new book
Can poems change the world? Today is National Poetry Day, and according to a new book poems can improve our health. Some think poetry is even powerful enough to cause political change.
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Nervous anticipation as world welcomes 2017
Our look ahead suggests the new year will bring political change, major anniversaries and even a head transplant. But after the shocks and upheaval of 2016, will 2017 be any different?
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Your 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed
She is the seven-year-old girl whose tweets forced the world to take notice of the war in East Aleppo. Meet the person chosen by The Day’s readers as 2016 person of the year: Bana Alabed.
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Berlin reels from attack on Christmas market
For the first time, Germany has become a victim of a major terrorist attack. Twelve people are dead. The nation is in shock. And some are predicting the end of multiculturalism. Why?
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Trump heading for ‘a new cold war’ with China
For decades, China and the USA have carefully avoided hostilities. Donald Trump seems keen to change that. Some are predicting a breakdown in relations between the countries. Are they right?
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2016 in review: Britain rejects the economists
It was the year of the UK’s biggest political shock for generations. The vote for Brexit defied an overwhelming economic consensus. So did British voters change their entire outlook in 2016?
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‘This time Labour really might be finished’
Labour is in the midst of the greatest crisis of its 116 year history. Its core voters are deserting it. Hardly anyone thinks Jeremy Corbyn can be prime minister. Is the party done for?
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Pick our policies online, says Italian party
The Five Star Movement may soon be in Italy’s government. The only problem: it has little idea what to do. So it is asking supporters to choose its policies. Is this the future of politics?
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‘We won’t dress Melania,’ say top designers
For designers, the chance to dress the first lady is a dream come true — and yet with a model on her way to the White House, many in the fashion industry are refusing to get involved. Why?
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Nice! Sad! Unfunny! Trump’s Twitter diplomacy
He follows just 40 people, mostly his own hotels. His policies come in 140 characters. He attacks everyone from China to Alec Baldwin. What is up with the future president’s Twitter account?
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Liberal win in by-election stuns Brexiteers
The Liberal Democrats have produced a stunning by-election victory to unseat former Tory Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park, overturning a 23,000 majority in a vote that became a poll on Brexit.
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For PM, cake becomes thorn in the proverbial
Starved of detail about Britain’s plan to leave the EU, journalists have made much of a phrase in some notes snapped outside Number 10. But what does ‘have cake and eat it’ really mean?
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UKIP: ‘We can replace Labour in five years’
Yesterday was Paul Nuttall’s first day as leader of UKIP. He says he wants to replace Labour, and many of the political pundits reckon he has a chance. But how much of a chance, really?
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And now for the second French revolution
Francois Fillon, a latter-day Thatcherite, has trounced his rivals and is favourite to become president of France. He vows to slash state spending and launch an economic revolution.