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By
Tom Arms
It was the best of elections. It was the worst of elections.
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Observations of an Expat: May U-Turn
Acrimonious election campaign deepens Northern Ireland deadlock
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Ian Graham
Acrimonious campaigning ahead of Thursday snap elections in Northern Ireland has increased antagonism between pro-British unionists and Irish nationalists and exacerbated fears devolved power may revert to London for the first time in a decade.
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‘Ministers have let us down’ – Child abuse victims tell Assembly
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Amnesty International
Victims of child abuse have told a Northern Ireland Assembly committee today that The Executive Office has failed to prepare for the establishment of a compensation scheme following the conclusion of the Historic Institutional Abuse Inquiry.
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Observations of an Expat: Brexit Repercussions
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Tom Arms
It looks like Marx was right. The world revolution will start in Britain. It started on Thursday.
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Britain votes to leave EU, unleashing a global turmoil
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Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, results from Thursday’s landmark referendum showed, a stunning repudiation of the nation’s elites that deals the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two.
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