The best Pope/Trump pictures and captions
LOL
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The Conservatives just pledged to take our democracy back decades
by bringing FPTP to elections that never used it.
(tags: elections ukpolitics democracy )

UK denies residency to London-born children of Dutch-Spanish couple
Shameful.
(tags: ukpolitics brexit eu migration )

Conflict and Famine
The last time the UN declared a famine was in 2011. Today we are on the brink of four.
(tags: war southsudan Somalia nigeria yemen )

Democracy Is Not Dying
Thomas Carothers & @YoungsRichard at @CarnegieEndow are ( Read more... )

Russia’s 5th Column
Buying up the Far Right in Europe and the US.
(tags: democracy eu ukpolitics uspolitics elections russia )

Electing Europe?
My colleague @MariellevHeumen on the Dutch elections.
(tags: Netherlands elections eu )

Chizhov: Don’t ask me if Russia plans to have an ambassador in Edinburgh - EURACTIV.com
Russia has over centuries had ( Read more... )

Theresa May’s Brexit poker face
What happened re the U.K. in Brussels yesterday.
(tags: eu ukpolitics brexit )

Hungary’s actions speak louder than words
@ncjcampbell on Órban's war on NGOs.
(tags: hungary democracy )

Irish lost in translation
The European Parliament needs interpreters!
(tags: ireland irish eu )

FACT CHECK: Were Mysterious Caves ( Read more... )

What conspiracy theories can tell us about politics in Greece
“When assessing a populist government, it’s always hard to tell whether it’s just incompetence or dark designs.”
(tags: politics Greece )

Brexit is (maybe) the ruin of Irish whiskey
...and much else besides.
(tags: ukpolitics ireland brexit eu )

Trump adviser Navarro: U.S, Germany ( Read more... )

Tunisian Security Forces Rock the Vote
Enfranchising the military - showed me how little I know about Tunisia.
(tags: democracy democratization elections tunisia )

Being an itemised list of disagreements
Revisiting Requires Hate.
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When They Came from Another World
@JamesGleick reviews Arrival and Stories of Your Life.
(tags: sf )

The ( Read more... )

EU citizens in Britain post Brexit vote: ‘I feel betrayed, not at home, sad’ | UK news | The Guardian
Brexiters - pleased with your achievement?
(tags: ukpolitics brexit race eu )

Brutalist architecture in Skopje: why you should have visited Skopje before yesterday
Harsh but fair.
(tags: macedonia architecture )

The Duke of Richmond's bill for ( Read more... )

Why every office should scrap its clean desk policy
Excellent.
(tags: work psychology )

The truth about trade agreements - and why we need them
A useful corrective.
(tags: economics uspolitics )

Watch out for Hammond, the potential PM no one saw coming
I agree.
(tags: ukpolitics )

Jo Cox killing - the reality
Calling the press to account.
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Oh, So Now I’m Bangladeshi? On hyphenation and nationality.
(tags: race ) How Europe Can Pay For The Solution Of The Refugee Crisis George Soros's recommendation.
(tags: eu migration ) UK scores worst on electoral integrity in Western Europe. Here's why. Yup.
(tags: ukpolitics democracy elections )

If Azerbaijan is a democracy, why were we imprisoned for our views? "If."
(tags: azerbaijan humanrights ) How to Hack an Election A chilling read.
(tags: elections democracy )