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‘You said I could say anything I want out here,’ said the music legend on the debut episode of ‘Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney’

Many analysts have interpreted Trump’s protectionist stance, and the United States’ imposition of tariffs, as economically irrational. If the liberal motto was once that “under free trade everybody wins”, it is now logical to think that, under protectionism, everyone will lose. It would also mean the end of globalisation, which…

Editorial: There is a danger of vital policy getting tangled in ambitious government plans that combine council restructuring with devolution

The ‘unitary executive’ theory – backed by some conservative lawyers – is largely bogus. But it could wreak havoc on democracy

How much is your voice worth?

Social media users are berating President Donald Trump online after the president took to his own social media app to levy threats against student protestors within the US.

MPs heard letters had been distributed to neighbours of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists.

Bestselling foreign affairs expert: "Trump has blemished America’s reputation" — but liberal democracy will endure

At the dawn of democracy in 1994, South Africa faced a sobering reality. Fewer than a third of 25- to 34-year-olds had achieved at least a matric (12 years of schooling completed) or equivalent qualification.