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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (6 days ago)

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In the age of Trump, the global nuclear threat is too high

Daryl G Kimball
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Brokenshire should pay for an Irish language strategy to save the powersharing talks

Kevin Meagher
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The British government can take this contentious issue off the table

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In Scotland, how long is a generation?

Ed Jacobs
12 April, 2017

Alex Salmond said IndyRef was a ‘once in a generation’ event. But what does that mean?

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Calls for UK to take action on crown territories and dependencies

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