The Briefing Room
By BBC Radio 4
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St0rmrunner
Dec 5, 2020
Excellent podcast. The repercussions of Brexit seem to range from negative (in the event of a deal) to dire (in the event of no deal). It would be interesting to know if there are any upsides to Brexit. If not, why on earth are we leaving?
Arthur Sludge
May 11, 2020
Dom Thorrington
Oct 5, 2018
Excellent listening, very informative, always very interesting topicd and insightful guests
Simonio
Aug 28, 2018
Great info, great presentation
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David Aaronovitch and a panel of experts and insiders present in-depth explainers on big issues in the news
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How does America fix its border crisis?
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May 02, 2024 |
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Are Britain's missing workers really a problem?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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India: Is democracy under threat?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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What does Iran want?
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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What's happened to Hamas?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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What's the future of the state pension?
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Election special 2. Elections without democracy
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Election special 3. Uncertain times for the ANC in South Africa
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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How is technology changing warfare?
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Russia: State of the Nation
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The synthetic opioids claiming lives in the UK
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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The crisis in dentistry: why is it happening and what should we do about it?
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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What’s the point of Ofsted?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Is the UK prepared for more floods?
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Why is local government in such trouble?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Israel-Gaza: Is it turning into a regional conflict?
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Brexit: Could we rejoin the EU even if we wanted to?
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Aliens: Are we closer to finding intelligent life beyond Earth?
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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What’s behind the record homelessness figures?
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ukraine: what's the counter-offensive latest?
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Net migration: What’s happening in the UK?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Israel-Gaza war: What's going on in the West Bank?
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Israel/Gaza: What happens next?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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What was Hamas thinking?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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If Trump gets re-elected what does the world do?
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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What a murder in Canada tells us about India's place in the world
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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The UK’s financial headache
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Who do we think we are now?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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No concrete plans?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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What's the problem with Airbnb?
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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How much trouble is Donald Trump in?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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The UK and the European Convention on Human Rights
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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What’s behind the Niger coup?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Is it Saudi's century?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Can we meet the net zero challenge?
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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The China Threat
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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What can schools do about record absences?
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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What happened to the Israel/Palestine peace process?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Ukraine: the long game
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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The Online Safety Bill
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ukraine: Is it all about to change?
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May 04, 2023 |
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Sudan conflict: what led to this?
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Does Rishi Sunak's maths calculation add up?
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The AI Revolution
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Trump's Legal Woes
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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The Windsor Framework
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Who's Afraid of The Wagner Group?
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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How worried should we be about avian flu?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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How do we get over-50s back into work?
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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How to Fix Britain's Railways
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Britain's Energy Crisis: An Update
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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NHS: Are there any quick fixes?
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ukraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Our Ageing World
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Can we colonise the Moon?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Strikes: How can we avoid a return to the 1970s?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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House of Lords reform
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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China's winter of discontent
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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UK Trade Deals
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Could Vladimir Putin use nuclear weapons?
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Public Spending
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Protests in Iran
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Turmoil on the markets
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Britain's productivity puzzle
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ukraine: Have we reached a turning point in the war?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Can we keep the lights on this winter?
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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The staffing crisis in the NHS
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Fighting drought
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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The Cost of Living Crisis
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Scotland's drugs problem
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Adapting to a hotter Britain
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ukraine: Who is winning?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Covid - how worried should we be this time?
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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What's wrong with the NHS, and how do we fix it?
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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What's happening in Afghanistan?
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Is the crypto bubble bursting?
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May 19, 2022 |
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What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?
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May 12, 2022 |
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How has the war in Ukraine changed German politics?
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May 05, 2022 |
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What's the impact of the Shanghai lockdown?
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Will the Rwanda plan work?
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Russia's invasion: what more can the west do to help Ukraine?
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Russia's invasion: what could a peace deal look like?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Russia's invasion: what level of support does Putin have at home?
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Russia's invasion: what's the military strategy?
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Russia's invasion: will sanctions work?
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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What do drones mean for the future of warfare?
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Will the levelling up plans work?
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Is the Prime Minister’s Office fit for purpose?
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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How do we learn to live with Covid?
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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BBC Funding
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Inflation
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Brexit: What Have We Learned?
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Who Do We Think We Are?
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Space Wars and Laws
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Ukraine: Could There Be War?
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Living in a Variant World
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Europe's Covid Surge
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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China Crisis?
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Social Care - What's Changing?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Britain's Dirty Rivers
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Non-Fungible Tokens
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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The UK's Energy Crisis
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Vaccine Passports and Booster Jabs
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Universal Credit: The Challenge Ahead
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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The Afghan Refugee Crisis
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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HS2: On Track?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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What next for President Biden’s foreign policy?
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Who's supporting the Taliban?
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Taiwan and the Threat to Peace
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Where Are All the Workers?
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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COP26: Floods, Fire, and the Future
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Stepping into the Unknown
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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How Unsettled is EU Status?
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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The Ransomware Threat
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May 27, 2021 |
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Hamas
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May 27, 2021 |
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Hong Kong: Beijing Tightens Its Grip
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May 06, 2021 |
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India's Covid Catastrophe
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Could Germany Go Green?
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Northern Ireland: how fragile is the peace process?
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Global supply chains: is the UK vulnerable?
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Covid-19 and the World
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Brexit Business
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Out of Lockdown
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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“Turmoil” in the SNP
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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GameStop Shock
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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The Irish Question
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Putin vs Navalny
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Covid and the NHS
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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America: what just happened?
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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Facebook's Monopoly Problem
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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The Climate Crisis: Are We Moving Fast Enough?
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Living with the Taliban
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Brexit: Is It Oven Ready?
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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How Broke is Britain?
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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The President's In Tray
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Education: A Testing Issue
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Covid-19: Regional Differences
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Britain's Immigration Dilemma
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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Covid-19: are we still following the rules?
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Sweden and the Pandemic
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Covid-19: Six Months On
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Will the US election be free and fair?
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Football and the Pandemic
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Brexit: deal or no deal?
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Belarus: the end of a dictatorship?
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Covid-19: the return to school
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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Scottish Independence: Hope and Fear
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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How to beat obesity
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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The UK's place in the world
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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What is happening to the Uighurs in China?
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Can the NHS recover from coronavirus?
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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The Leicester lockdown
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Can Britain avoid mass-unemployment?
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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China and the Pandemic
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May 15, 2020 |
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Coronavirus and the economy
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May 07, 2020 |
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Covid-19 and the Care Sector
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Easing the lockdown
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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The Inequalities of Lockdown
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Covid-19: What Next?
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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UK fishing and Brexit
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Sinn Féin's rise
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Treating Terror
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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How to do a trade deal
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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How dangerous is the coronavirus?
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Powering Up The North
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Iran's Revenge
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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News Review of the Year 2019
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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How Do We Get Brexit Done?
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Middle East Youthquake
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Malta: Shady People in a Sunny Place
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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General Election Promises: Tax and Spend?
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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Brexit: a pivotal week?
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Turkey, Syria and the Kurds
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Climate change and meat: what's the beef?
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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Trump, Ukraine and impeachment
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Britain’s constitutional dilemma: who now runs the country?
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Sep 26, 2019 |
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What are the Risks of Vaping?
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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The Battle for Britain
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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The United Kingdom, Brexit and its History
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Has Narendra Modi changed India?
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May 23, 2019 |
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Could the United States and Iran go to war?
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May 16, 2019 |
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Should vaccinations be compulsory?
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May 09, 2019 |
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Does the UK have an opioid problem?
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May 02, 2019 |
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What drives religious intolerance?
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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What's in the Mueller report?
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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What Next For Europe?
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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How divided are we?
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Britain's Future
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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Should we worry about Huawei?
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Should we scrap GCSEs?
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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Britain's car-making future under threat
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Why are so many people sleeping rough in Britain?
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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Brexit and Ireland: What's at stake?
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Is Britain’s political system broken?
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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Universal Credit: What's gone wrong and can it be fixed?
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Climate Change: is time running out?
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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Brexit: Where Next?
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Les Gilets Jaunes
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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Deal or no deal?
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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A new political direction for Brazil?
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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How bad is the air we breathe?
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Nationalisation - how would it work?
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Another Brexit Referendum?
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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Can a new political party win?
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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What's at stake in the US midterm elections?
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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Britain's Housing Crisis
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Aug 31, 2018 |
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Is Greece out of the woods?
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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Is Turkey imploding?
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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Is the Student Finance System Working?
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Chaos on the railways
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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Imran Khan and Pakistan: what's going to change?
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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What does the UK want from the EU?
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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Trump vs NATO
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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Brexit decision time
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Why are the British Armed Forces short of personnel?
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May 31, 2018 |
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Could Italy bring down the European Union?
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May 24, 2018 |
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Macron: One Year On
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May 17, 2018 |
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Is the Home Office a problem department?
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May 03, 2018 |
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What is the problem with plastic?
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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A new Cold War?
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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Violent Crime
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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Can you win a trade war?
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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The EU after Brexit – A special programme together with The Bottom Line
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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The Mueller Indictment
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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Is ISIS still a threat?
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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Is Your Local Council Going Bust?
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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Britain, China and the new Silk Road
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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Syria: who wants what from the conflict?
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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John Worboys: Understanding the Parole Board
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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Would you pay more for the NHS?
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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Who are the protesters in Iran and what do they want?
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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Correspondents Look Ahead
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Dec 29, 2017 |
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What Next for the Democrats?
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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President Trump's End of Year Report
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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What's Russia up to?
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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May's Brexit Dilemma
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Saudi Arabia's Radical Crown Prince
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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A world without antibiotics?
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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President Xi and the Chinese Dream
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Capitalism in Crisis
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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Could Spain split?
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Oct 06, 2017 |
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Is Big Tech Out of Control?
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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Why are Myanmar's Rohingya persecuted?
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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What are the consequences of lifting the public sector pay cap?
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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What does the EU want from Brexit?
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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The North Korean Missile Threat
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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The AI Revolution
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Aug 24, 2017 |
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The Far Right in America
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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Is Venezuela on the brink of collapse?
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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A Great Day at the White House?
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Aug 04, 2017 |
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Why is there still a migrant crisis in Europe?
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Jul 28, 2017 |
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The Crisis in Conservatism
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Jul 20, 2017 |
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Where does Labour stand on Brexit?
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Jul 13, 2017 |
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The Cost of Abandoning Austerity
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Jul 06, 2017 |
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Labour's Election Result: A Successful Failure?
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Jun 15, 2017 |
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Trump, Russia and the FBI
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May 18, 2017 |
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How Do We Pay for the UK?
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May 11, 2017 |
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How Does France Work?
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May 04, 2017 |
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The Problem of North Korea
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Snap General Election
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Should we worry about Turkey?
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Can the NHS Survive?
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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Britain's Broken Housing Market
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Does IS Need a State?
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Is It Time to Renationalise the Railways?
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Trump and Trade
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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Trump and the Economy
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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India's Bonfire of the Bank Notes
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Drugs in West Yorkshire
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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Aleppo: After the Evacuation
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Jan 12, 2017 |
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Liberalism's Horrible Year
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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Yemen: A Global Conflict
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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The Prison Problem
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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The Investigatory Powers Act a.k.a The Snoopers' Charter
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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VIP Sex Abuse Allegations
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Nov 24, 2016 |
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Infrastructure: The Roads to Recovery?
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Black Lives Matter UK
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Europe's Illiberal Democracies
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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Quantitative Easing
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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A Ceasefire in Syria?
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Sep 22, 2016 |
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Trump and Putin
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Sep 15, 2016 |
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Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites
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Sep 08, 2016 |
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Jesse Morton: The Jihadi Who Changed His Mind
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Sep 01, 2016 |
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Milo Yiannopoulos and the Alt-Right
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Aug 25, 2016 |
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Grammar Schools
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Aug 18, 2016 |
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Who are the Special Forces?
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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Britain's Nuclear Dream
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Aug 04, 2016 |
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What Do Remainers Feel Now?
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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Fethullah Gulen and Turkey's Failed Coup
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Jul 21, 2016 |
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The Truth About BHS
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Jul 15, 2016 |
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Why Did People Vote Leave?
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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The Chilcot Report: The Source Who Lied
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Jul 07, 2016 |
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Immigration: Why Did it Rise?
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Jun 30, 2016 |
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The New IRA
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May 26, 2016 |
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Anti-Semitism on the Left
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May 19, 2016 |