Tag: The Party Line
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The Party Line is…………Decision time
Friday’s Britain will be a very different place to Thursday’s one. The political shockwave will reverberate around the UK and the corridors of power in Europe, it will be a watershed moment in British politics as the nation decides its own destiny.
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The Party Line is………..Security
Security. Peace. Freedom to exist without fear of terror. Fundamental truths that exist at the very heart of good government. Fundamental truths which are under threat on an almost hourly basis.
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The Party Line is………..Fear
Like it or not, we live in a world which is shaped by politics. We may not see it or come into direct contact with it, but it is always there lingering in the background of our lives. When we receive our pay packets we are experiencing politics, when we shop at a supermarket we…
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The Party Line is………Immigration.
Immigration has become one of the central issues at the heart of the EU referendum debate.
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What are the practicalities and politics of preserving the Status Quo?
The world is an ever changing place; more and more people and society as a whole exist in a state of flux. Yet amidst this constant state of change, there is the constancy of the world itself. This world is not a new one and has steadily evolved over the centuries to become the society…
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What are the practicalities and consequences of definitive proof of the existence of God?
The Question of the existence of God is the fundamental question that has occupied the thoughts of scholars, theologians and philosophers since the beginning of human knowledge. Religions have been founded on the various schools of thought, wars have been waged in the name of God and entire civilizations have risen and fallen directly or…
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Would a world ultimately free of choice be a better one?
An examination of the absence of choice, its possible applications and likely side effects.
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Can we ever truly win the war on terror?
The war on terror has been the predominant force in world foreign policy for the last 15 years since the bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. The embers of this war were stoked further by the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 but it really gained momentum after the…
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Is IS actually a fascist organisation?
One cannot look at the current affairs of the world without encountering one very prominent and disturbing organisation: The Islamic State (IS). Its spectre looms large over the Middle East claiming both territory and lives, but if you look further into the organization itself, past the propaganda you start to see the fundamentals of the…
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Should the “Special Relationship” end?
The “Special Relationship” between the United States and Great Britain has coloured the complexion of both countries international political philosophy for the last 150 years. Indeed over the century it has been difficult to note an incident in international politics where the United States and Great Britain have not been involved as a partnership. To…
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