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David Stewart, S.J., London Correspondent for America 2014-2020, files from his native Scotland where he now lives and works.
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Our national health system is seen as a treasure in Britain yet viewed as an alien, dangerous concept to many in the United States.
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Catalonia’s tragedy has become a new kind of threat, not only to Spain, but to the European Union.
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Spanish police tried to shut down polling places and fired rubber bullets to prevent Catalans from voting in the Oct. 1 referendum for independence.
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Far-right groups are “crowdfunding” to pay for a purported defense of Europe. The aim of the new-right is to target vessels of various charities and aid agencies that are trying to rescue refugees at risk on the Mediterranean.
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When it proved necessary to negotiate with the D.U.P to secure their support in the House of Commons, the money tree was found and shaken and over £1 billion of public spending promised to the Six Counties of Northern Ireland.
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That the Grenfell Tower fire happened in a poverty-stricken enclave of the richest of London’s boroughs quickly became an unavoidable symbol of how divided the united kingdoms have become. And it was not the terrorists who divided us.
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Winners are losers in the United Kingdom's snap election.
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Prime Minister May’s record on terrorism, and a widespread hostility to Donald Trump, also complicates the Tories’ bid for a mandate in parliamentary elections.
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It would be fascinating were the producers able to arrange a quick transfer to a venue somewhere near the White House.
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More and more, the political campaigns are indistinguishable from advertising campaigns for, say, breakfast cereals.