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A pattern of bypassing select committees and curtailing debate has accumulated over several parliaments. The question is whether anyone in Westminster has the appetite to reverse it.
Read the essay →The British festival season is in full swing, but behind the headline acts and the mud, the economics of outdoor events have rarely been more precarious.
Read the essay →The conflict that began in April 2023 has produced one of the world's largest displacement crises. International attention has been fitful at best.
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