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Irish politicians don’t just exist for Britain’s benefit

16/06/2017

One’s eye is turned, tearfully, to a “report” on “alternative media” blog Skwawkbox.

“Breaking” announces the headline, vigorously. “Ireland will block Brexit deal if #MayDUP deal goes ahead”.

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England’s difficulty is Arlene’s opportunity, or why the DUP loves a crisis

16/06/2017

Brinksmanship is how politics works in Northern Ireland, and it’s a style the rest of the United Kingdom is going to have to learn about.

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The crucial question for Europe: what does Germany want?

Can the EU superpower continue as normal after Brexit?
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A design for life

Architects and planners developed a new ideal for living in postwar Britain, but the dream died amid corruption, incompetence and cheapness, John Grindrod tells Little Atoms
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Piers Plowman’s post-capitalist poetry

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16/06/2017

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How hardcore punk politicised Israel's youth

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Orlando Crowcroft is a journalist and life-long heavy metal fan and has interviewed bands throughout the Middle East for Rolling Stone, Atlantic and Esquire. He is the co-author of the Lonely Planet Guide to Israel and the Palestinian Territories (2015) and has reported from a dozen countries including Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. In 2014, he reported from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza for The Guardian and The National. He now lives in London.
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