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This week the formal text is the apology provided by News Group Newspapers (NGN) to Prince Harry (under his title of Duke of Sussex) and Labour peer Tom Watson. This apology marked the sudden end of ...
All this is consistent with responsible government but only because the president is subject to law. The great case of Marbury v Madison (1803) is generally regarded as the foundation of American ...
When should you ban a far-right party? A motion to consider a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD), signed by 113 members of parliament, has been submitted to Bundestag. It’s a sign of how ...
Our list of Top Thinkers is intended to spotlight people whose ideas are shaping the world in which we live—and many of this year’s nominations tick that box. As the Prospect editorial team (and some ...
With the JC we can discount profit: it’s safe to say it loses a large six-figure sum each year. So the person, or people, who pumped money into the ailing company in 2022 were either doing so from the ...
In economics, our thinkers look beyond money and markets to address some of the biggest global trends and transformations. Among them are scholars whose work helps us understand inflation after the ...
Rushing the aid-to-defence flip out early isn’t only intended to give Starmer something pleasing to say to the aid-slashing strongman when he visits Washington today (though there’s definitely a bit ...
Two friends are holding hands, blocking the entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice. Their grasp is stuck with glue, and they’ve fixed their free hands to the metal gateposts. The pair are making a ...
The Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts shakes and rattles with the movement of water-powered looms, massive and complex machines more than a century old. Based in what is now a ...
And now she’s a Baroness! What happened to propel her from not-just-making-the-tea to making-laws-for-life? Well, recollections again vary. But she had set her heart on interning for Boris Johnson. An ...
But none of this rivals the flabby capitulation of some of the most affluent law firms in America, who have stumbled out of their well-appointed offices with their hands in the air. Trump began ...