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The battle to rebuild Iraq after the fall on ISIS
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Migrants or Refugees: The European Border Crisis
Has British Politics Become Boring?
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Oh – An Election, You Say?

I had a relative call me recently and ask, “What the **** is a Snap Election?” Now, this may seem a simple question, and possibly even laughable, but it does seem to sum up many of the concerns I have about the rush towards what will be yet another contentious and polarising...
Posted On 18 May 2017
, By Tim Maidment
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What’s Going On In UK Education?

It’s really not been a good few weeks for the Education Department. It is already facing pressure after the controversial announcement that they intended to transform all existing schools into academies. This would have the effect of removing all these schools and their...
Posted On 23 Apr 2016
, By Tim Maidment

LIA Remains Lost in the Legal Labyrinth

Some have likened the Libyan Investment Authority’s attempts to sue Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale for more than $2billion to the Biblical battle of David and Goliath. Now things have got even more complicated. The lawyers originally representing the LIA in the case have...
Posted On 19 Apr 2016
, By Steven Moore

Migrants or Refugees: The European Border Crisis

On Thursday 03 September 2015, the world woke to the image of a dead Syrian child washed up on the tourist beach of Bodrum in Turkey. That child was Aylan Kurdi. The harrowing image of Aylan’s lifeless body has the potential to be as significant as that of Kim Phuc taken in 1972...
Posted On 04 Sep 2015
, By Sophie O'Donoghue
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Has British Politics Become Boring?

In the run up to the election you could have been forgiven for thinking that there wasn’t really much choice between the main parties. The sideshow appeal of UKIP attracted a lot of attention, but that sometimes seemed to be a horrified form of disbelief in some quarters....
Posted On 18 Jun 2015
, By Tim Maidment

Election 2015: The Unpopularity Contest

With less than 100 days until the election, there continues to be uncertainty over who will be our next Prime Minister. And more importantly, in what capacity they will operate. Opinion polls consistently report of a general decline in popularity for both the Conservatives and...
Posted On 06 Feb 2015
, By Sophie O'Donoghue
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Controversial dating coach Julien Blanc Deported from Australia

The troubling concept of “pick-up artists” has been gathering attention in the US over the last few years, but this month, a tour of Australia by the controversial Julien Blanc has been cancelled following the cancellation of his visa. Blanc advertises himself as a “date coach”...
Posted On 28 Nov 2014
, By Steven Moore
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Why is Russia so reluctant to pay the $50bn Yukos fine?

Four months after The Hague ordered Russia to pay $50bn to the shareholders of former oil and gas giant, Yukos for indirectly expropriating the company, the likelihood of its compliance to the ruling and paying the fine continues to remain uncertain. The recent announcement that...
Posted On 27 Nov 2014
, By Sophie O'Donoghue
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ISIS has ‘hijacked’ the Arab world – The accurate assessment of events from Queen Rania of Jordan

Speaking on Tuesday at the Abu Dhabi Media Summit, Queen Rania delivered a powerful speech condemning the actions of ISIS. Her view that war and weapons will not be able to overcome ISIS, citing the death of Osama Bin Laden as an example, but instead a change in perceptions is...
Posted On 20 Nov 2014
, By Sophie O'Donoghue
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Is Britain really 50-50 about leaving the EU?

Sir John Major’s speech to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation was an interesting step by the Conservatives last night. On the one hand, you have the man who famously gave us the concept 22 years ago of a new vision of Europe with “Britain, France and Germany all clearly in the...
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
, By Tim Maidment
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