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Editor's note
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The final, frenzied few days of the UK election campaign were followed by (if you are a bit of a politics junkie like me) a largely sleepless night, dissecting results as they emerged. Now many of us will spend the weekend considering profound implications of a seismic result. So, where are we – is the UK any less divided? Will the country (or, countries?) pull together in the aftermath, the way nations are asked to after every election?
Boris Johnson has triumphed in England and scored gains in Wales, where his message of “Get Brexit Done” clearly resonated with an exhausted electorate and where the Conservatives broke into new territory. But what now for Scotland, and Northern Ireland? How fares the union? In Northern Ireland, for the first time, there are more nationalist MPs than unionists. And in Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP controls four-fifths of the seats, there appears a renewed mandate for a second independence referendum, which many people, post-Brexit, think would turn out differently to 2014. How Johnson responds to that pressure could dictate the future of the United Kingdom as an entity,
writes William McDougall.
For those who this weekend are disappointed at the outcome of the election, Andre Spicer has some advice: face up to how you feel, work out a way to confront it and move on. Disappointment can be bad for your health. There’s plenty of other reading on our site for you to catch up with over the weekend and the coming weeks as we cover the aftermath of the vote and ask: what happens now?
This week, when not on the campaign trail, we also learned that there’s a dark side to the vegan diet and how older people, in particular, can stay hydrated.
From our colleagues around the world we’ve been following the tragic volcanic eruption on White Island in New Zealand, why an organic label doesn’t mean our ham came from a happy pig and, from
Australia, why many Christian men are having an identity crisis.
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Jonathan Este
Associate Editor, Arts + Culture Editor
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Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow on election night.
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William McDougall, Glasgow Caledonian University
Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister's court.
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Disappointment: Labour Party members and supporters will need to face up to the new reality and learn to move on.
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Andre Spicer, City, University of London
Losers suffer a far greater sense of loss than the corresponding euphoria experienced by those on the winning side.
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Getting used to the job.
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Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds
The biggest risk is Britain's desire to stand alone in the world.
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There’s more behind that vegan burger than it seems.
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Martin Cohen, University of Hertfordshire; Frédéric Leroy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Industry lobbyists call it the 'Great Food Transition' and say it's about saving the planet. But is this the whole story?
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Cini Bhanu, UCL
Just because you're not thirsty doesn't mean you're not dehydrated.
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Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield
The general election 2019 has delivered a seismic shift in the balance of British politics.
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Ruth Byrne, Trinity College Dublin; Kinga Morsanyi, Queen's University Belfast
Our new book explores the autistic mind -- and shows that we're not as different as we might think
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Michael Lueck, Auckland University of Technology
Visiting an active volcano involves risk. Hazard monitoring systems can issue warnings but in the case of the privately-owned White Island, the decision to take a tour falls to tourism operators.
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Michael Haedicke, Drake University
US federal regulations say little about how animals on organic farms should be treated. So if you're planning to serve an ethical holiday dinner, you'll have to do some research.
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William Loader, Murdoch University
What people value in their God, they value in life. Today, this might mean men can conclude that if they are right, they, too, have the right to be dominating.
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