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The Judge's ruling in favour of Hunter and quashing the summons. Tags: judiciary judgement CAA antisemitism

"How does anti-immigrant rhetoric by mainstream politicians affect norms of tolerance? How does this compare to similar statements made by radical-right politicians? Drawing on experimental evidence, we find that statements by mainstream politicians lead […]

"Brexit accelerated the long-term realignment of how demographic groups vote in Britain. However, Europe is no longer salient to voters, support for the pro-Brexit Conservatives has collapsed, and the 2024 UK General Election was the most volatile on […]

"The Citizens' Assembly Network is a association of people who are committed to making greater use of randomly selected mini-publics at municipal level or are involved in this for other reasons. The aim of the network is a constant exchange on open […]

"The European Commission’s No.2 official criticized a “Trumpist” approach to EU deregulation." An interview with Teresa Ribera, the First Vice President of the Commission. Tags: politics […]

"Recommendation on the European Commission’s compliance with ‘Better Regulation’ rules and other procedural requirements in preparing legislative proposals that it considered to be urgent (983/2025/MAS - the “Omnibus” case, 2031/2024/VB - the […]

"Nostalgic appeals to “a special relationship” that no longer exists will not renew Britain. That demands a profound reimagining of the nation’s constitutional, economic and geopolitical identity. The prime minister’s response to US manoeuvres […]

"While those who defend the status quo and those who say ‘simply rejoin’ the EU are both wrong, there is a new mood and a clear opportunity" By Stella Creasy. Annotations: Anyone […]

"In this title in the Battle for Britain series, well-known historical illustrator Peter Dennis takes the battle out to sea, supplying all the artwork needed to create the navies which clashed in the English channel at a moment of supreme danger for the […]

"How could a Labour government opt for closer EU ties? We explain the customs union, internal market, and a third way combining these options" By Jacob Oberg Tags: politics internationaltrade […]

"Exclusive: the first survey before and after the immigration speech reveals a drop in Labour support." Tags: politics labour appeasment […]

Accommodating the Radical Right: The Electoral Costs for Social Democratic Parties Tags: politics socialdemocracy appeasement whitepaper

Persuasion UK's landing page for their report on the changing tribes of UK voters. They have an 8 point summary, including, "Labour can unite its coalition with relatively moderate stance on cultural issues while leaning into progressive positions on […]

LabourList and leading comms agency PLMR has unveiled the latest version of the Labour Tribes Mapped project, a one-of-a-kind interactive guide to Labour’s 401 MPs. Tags: politics labour […]

Hallucination has been widely recognized to be a significant drawback for large language models (LLMs). There have been many works that attempt to reduce the extent of hallucination. These efforts have mostly been empirical so far, which cannot answer the […]

"The 19 May 2025 UK-EU Summit was welcomed on both sides as a major step in the improvement of relations. Nearly a year after the election of a Labour government that had opened the door to such a possibility with its pledge of a reset, the meeting […]

"Coinciding with the publication of the thirteenth edition of the UK-EU Divergence Tracker, Joël Reland explains some of the reports key findings. He argues that the scale of alignment by the UK with EU rules goes well beyond the commitments made at […]

"This is the thirteenth edition of the UK in a Changing Europe’s regulatory divergence tracker. It outlines how UK and EU rules and regulations have diverged in the period October 2024-June 2025" Tags: politics […]

14 Pirate galley x4 from Tumbling Dice Tags: games wargames naval miniatures

"“EuroStack” is our original idea for a European Industrial Policy initiative bringing together tech, governance and funding for Europe-focused investment to build and adopt a suite of digital infrastructures: from connectivity to cloud computing, AI […]