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Editor's note
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Avocados are in short supply and high demand, following bad harvests and their surging popularity across the world. China is the latest market to go crazy for expensive plates of smashed avocado on toast but – as David Harvey points out – it did not invent the fad and nor is it the only country to have a rising middle class intent on showcasing its wealth.
Young Britons generally vote in far smaller numbers than their older counterparts, meaning that politicians have little incentive to cater to their needs. But will 2017 be the year things change? James Hart looks at the data and sees signs that the young vote could be on the up.
Tory support in Scotland was believed to be so toxic that in 2011 Murdo Fraser contested the party leadership promising to disband it. Now it is Scotland’s second biggest party. Rob Johns says Nicola Sturgeon shouldn’t underestimate their resurgence. Meanwhile John Curtice has been drilling into the figures, and suggests that it’s not all rosy for the SNP.
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Annabel Bligh
Business and Economy Editor
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David Harvey, University of Huddersfield
Avocado demand is driven not just by their supposed health benefits, but by their newness, exclusivity and symbolic, aspirational value to a burgeoning middle class.
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Politics + Society
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James Hart, Nottingham Trent University
Registration data and polling alike tell an encouraging story for once.
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John Curtice, Strathclyde University
The Conservative threat in Scotland is more than just hype.
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Rob Johns, University of Essex
Those who voted No in the indyref were never as anti-blue as is often believed.
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Ariane Bogain, Northumbria University, Newcastle
He is a strident europhile, but that doesn't mean France's new leader is out to punish the UK for Brexit.
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David Lees, University of Warwick
Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
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Andrew Mycock, University of Huddersfield
What we can learn from the election of the new 'metro mayors' and why there are reasons to be cheerful.
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Juan Pablo Ferrero, University of Bath; Daniela Bressa Florentin, University of Bath
But there is a stand-off on the left of the political spectrum.
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Environment + Energy
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Janet Xuanli Liao, University of Dundee
The era of a new coal power plant in China every week is over.
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Health + Medicine
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Claire Rostron, The Open University
Many diabetics experience stigma as a result of their condition. Knowing a bit more about the diabetes can dispel some of that stigma.
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Arts + Culture
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Rachel Matthews, Coventry University
UK newspapers have been fighting between economics and editorial for 70 years.
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David Osbaldeston, Manchester Metropolitan University
A sense of renewal and purpose in the prize sparked by a lifting of the age limit and looking beyond London.
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Business + Economy
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Bridget Woodman, University of Exeter
The Conservatives claim the energy market is broken. Are they right?
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Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University
Where now for one of the great emblems of post-World War II global co-operation?
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Science + Technology
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Chungui Lu, Nottingham Trent University
Sequencing the tea plant's genome could help scientists breed new varieties that thrive in the degrading soil of tea farms.
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