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Politics

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Balls in Miliband’s court »

Ed Balls

The shock resignation of Alan Johnson as Labour’s Shadow Chancellor last week presented the greatest challenge so far of Ed Miliband’s leadership. He resigned on personal grounds amidst rumours that his wife had an affair with the police o...

Wed 26 Jan 2011 by Joe Coward | Read more »

Change we can't believe in »

Last Tuesday’s midterm results came as a hammer blow to the Democratic Party; it was far from unexpected. Low Democratic poll-ratings had been festering for some time and were bound to translate into significant gains for Republicans in both hous...

Wed 10 Nov 2010 by Carly Rose Donovan | Read more »

A right to question? The rise of xenophobia in Sweden »

The Riksdag

"This is not happening," was my first reaction. The second was to burst into tears; what are you to do when your country - a nation you are deeply proud of - has just elected a xenophobic party to Parliament? Sweden is not known for its bigoted politi...

Wed 13 Oct 2010 by Amanda Svensson Falk | Read more »

Laugh and destroy »

Political satire

No, "a black fly in your Chardonnay" is not ironic. It’s unfortunate. "Ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife", despite being highly implausible, is really just annoying - again, not ironic. We all have good old Alanis Morissette to tha...

Wed 17 Mar 2010 by Iman Qureshi | Read more »

The Break-Up: Politics and Religion »

When speaking at the Royal Society of Edinburgh last week, HRH Prince El Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan highlighted the importance of multilateral cooperation and the necessity to separate religion from politics, or rather “elevate religion to where ...

Wed 25 Nov 2009 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Power to the people »

Reform means different things to different people. In the mid nineteenth century, the Chartists fought for universal suffrage and the end of the dominance of the landed classes in parliament, while at the start of the twentieth, the Suffragettes spearh...

Wed 07 Oct 2009 | Read more »

Lecturer puts student complaints down to bad weather »

University of Edinburgh officials have defended a head of subject who responded to student concerns regarding marking and academic feedback by suggesting their anxiety was caused by the weather and the economic downturn. Professor John Peterson, head ...

Mon 09 Mar 2009 by Paris Gourtsoyannis | Read more »

McCain pins last hopes on Pennsylvania »

John McCain

“Character matters to me. Everyone says it but its true: gays, guns and god usually set my vote.” Harry Tucker is from York County, a reliably Republican part of Pennsylvania. He voted for Bush both times but is now leaning towards voting f...

Mon 27 Oct 2008 by Josh MacAllister | Read more »

Cabinet minister gives Erickson lecture »

Lord Malloch-Brown addresses the audience in Edinburgh

A cabinet minister for Africa, Asia and the UN gave this year's John Erickson lecture at the University of Edinburgh last week.Lord Malloch-Brown spoke on "multilateralism, humanitarianism and interventionism" to an audience of students, ac...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 | Read more »

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Sport

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Arts and Entertainment

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