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The proposed Senate voting change will hurt Australian democracy

John Dryzek, University of Canberra | The Conversation More than two centuries ago, the great conservative philosopher and politician Edmund Burke famously characterised parliament as...

Stephen Fry Quits Twitter: This is News, Right?

John Jewell, Cardiff University Stephen Fry has been, give or take the odd sabbatical, a prolific and entertaining tweeter for a number of years. Last...

Scotland Updates

First Minister informs Parliament of agreement between Scottish and UK Governments

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has updated MSPs on the agreement that has been reached on the fiscal framework to underpin the transfer of new powers under the Scotland Bill. Ms Sturgeon also confirmed that a...

Revenue Scotland Receives 100,000th Tax Return

Revenue Scotland has received its 100,000th tax return, ten months on from the creation of the first Scottish taxes in more than 300 years. The Deputy First Minister called the occasion– which covers returns for...

United Kingdom & European Union Updates

Plan B for Europe

by Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now. This article first appeared in Global Justice Now. A former...

European Commission and Mexico Began Negotiations on Trade in Organic Products

The government of Mexico and the European Commission announced Wednesday the start of negotiations towards...

Müslüm: Integration Through Comedy

Courtesy Swiss Info Swiss-Turkish comedian Müslüm is using humour to raise awareness of the issues surrounding...

Party Updates

A promise was made to Scotland of more powers — not...

By Bruce Crawford | Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Devolution Committee Following the referendum, a promise was made to Scotland of more powers — not more...

GREG HANDS - STOP PLAYING GAMES OVER FISCAL FRAMEWORK

Scottish Greens Commenting on the news that UK Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands is refusing to appear in front of MSPs this week,...

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SPEECHES WE LOVE: Mhairi Black on Neglected Pensioners

Mhairi delivered a powerful speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday 24 February 2016 "I have yet to hear of a general or a defence minister say 'We can't bomb that country because we've...
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