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To intervene or not to intervene?: what Man City's court decision means for the government
By Theresa Lee Over three years since charges were first brought, Manchester City Football Club (Man City FC) were declared guilty of 114 charges out of 115. Man City were initially charged with breaching the Premier League's financial conduct rules. It consisted of accusations of arranging fake contracts with advertisements and breaching spending limits between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons. The case has been delayed with continuous appeals, non-cooperation, and prolonged
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Who is Maricarmen? How the housing crisis triggered Spain's snap general election
By Mireia Vendrell Ribas The story of an 87-year-old woman evicted from what had been her home for more than seventy years has made headlines worldwide, even reaching the UN, where the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) urged the Spanish government to provide her with alternative housing. Maricarmen Abascal was a resident of Madrid's Retiro district since 1956, spending her entire life in the same flat on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street. She lived under
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Independents in the US Congress: a real circuit breaker?
By Isaac Tunley The US Congress is by design supposed to be a powerful institution that legislates in a cooperative, cross-party manner, with single-party legislation difficult to pass, particularly in the Senate given the 60-vote filibuster. However, governing in the US has become virtually impossible as the two-party dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties entrenches further. As US politics polarises more, and the ideological gulf between the two parties widens,
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A punitive spectacle: why does America want us to watch man die?
By Jake Foxall Capital punishment often remains a background discussion in political fields, yet the recent decision to broadcast the execution of US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad forces it forward into the political spotlight, the USA’s first public execution in almost a century. It comes after the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recommended the method of execution to President Donald J. Trump, requiring his approval under US military law. Hasan was convicted
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