Awhile ago I was recommended to write a post on the future of European integration. At the time I had just completed a module on the subject at university. But since I had not performed as well in it as I hoped I would, I felt like I didn’t have the expertise to treat the …
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From The Times: What lay behind last year’s historic vote to leave the EU? As soon as the referendum was over, Brexit advocates began to claim it was all about “freeborn Englishmen and women casting off the EU’s federalising yoke”. No, says Clare Foges. To see the reality, you need only look at the polls …
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From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK Most of the cost of drug development comes from the public purse, not from the large pharmaceutical companies (3 June, p 22). Independent research has repeatedly shown that these companies spend only around 15 per cent of their revenue on research and development. Tellingly, most spend at least twice …
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Generally speaking, Britain is a socially liberal country, at least relative to the rest of the world. So most people assume the country is one where being openly gay is accepted. We have gay marriage, unlike much of the rest of the Europe and most of the rest of the world. Britain’s isn’t a country …
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The Pew Research Center surveyed more than 40,000 people in 37 countries this year, examining global attitudes to the US and the president since Barack Obama left office. The numbers are grim reading for anyone but Vladimir Putin. Confidence in the US president has collapsed 42 points to just 22%, while favorable views of the …
