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Academic teaching law (England and Wales) with obsessive interest in the subject, also general interest in books, philosophy, gaming, history, art. Views my own.

Louise S

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This is really interesting, about US states reducing the way that corporations can flood elections with money. I hope the UK government sees the urgency of tackling this, I’m not sure the Representation of the People Bill sections on donations to political parties will be enough.

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‘President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women’s rights “feels as though we are forced to fight the same old battles again and again, battles from 80 years ago”.’

Louise S

Stephen Collins

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How did the Petitions Committee come about, and what can this teach MPs seeking House of Commons reform today? Our new guide, Reforming the Commons: The backbench MP's guide to achieving procedural change, discusses just this. Read it 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....

What is the role of referendums in UK politics? As part of a new set of explainers published this week, we explore past referendums in the UK, when they are required, and the arguments for and against them. Read our brand new explainer 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo....

A lot has bothered me about the reporting of the Kanye West banned. Firstly how it has been framed as all about it the Jewish community - but we should all be against Nazism! This country fought Nazis. Songs called Heil Hitler should not just be for the Jewish community to object to. And secondly…

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Louise S

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ... yes, but ... if we were market stall holders.. you said we could only sell apples for 50p. and it didn't matter how much inflation was, 50p was the price. but you also said we could sell peaches for as much as we like, because the price of apples was.. 1.

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

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