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Editor's note
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Following a debate in parliament, MPs have voted to allow Theresa May to hold an early election in June. They didn’t have much choice after she accused pretty much every party in Westminster of treating Brexit like a political football.
But who is really the opportunist here, asks Andy Price – the opposition leaders trying to hold the government to account or the prime minister who spies a chance to crush parliamentary dissent by increasing her party majority?
France is going to the polls this Sunday in the first of two rounds of voting to select a new president. Left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon is enjoying a surprise surge in the polls. Paul Smith profiles this last-minute upsetter.
It has been 35 years since the launch of the ZX Spectrum microcomputer. For Chris Sievey it was more than a basic computer – it was like a musical instrument. And it sparked his transformation into one of the best known pop parody stars – the papier-mâché-headed Frank Sidebottom.
There’s also grim news for gardeners today. Billions (yep, billions) of hybrid "super-slugs" are invading British gardens. They reproduce too fast for native slugs to compete. It may already be too late to stop the slime wave.
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Laura Hood
Politics Editor, Assistant Editor
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Top story
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PA/ Philip Toscano
Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University
In calling a snap election, the prime minister accused her opponents of playing party politics. She should know.
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Politics + Society
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Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds
A look at the pressure points for the contenders in this last minute election.
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Christopher Shoop-Worrall, University of Sheffield
Fleet Street's reaction to Theresa May's election announcement was just as expected: aggressive and partisan.
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Simon McEnnis, University of Brighton
Kelvin MacKenzie's controversial article on footballer Ross Barkley was notable for a lack of basic checks. This tells us more about power dynamics in newsrooms than the competencies of sub-editors.
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Kieran Hazzard, King's College London
Some British people look back fondly to the days of empire. Their views aren't shared by the rest of the world.
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Ed Ferrari, University of Sheffield; Richard Crisp, Sheffield Hallam University
It's time for the regions to step up...
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Paul Smith, University of Nottingham
Mélenchon is making a strong bid for the Élysée Palace.
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Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, University of Birmingham; Rosa Freedman, University of Reading
By not acknowledging what Haitians themselves think they need, the UN is failing to sort out one of its worst ever blunders.
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Matthew Rendle, University of Exeter
Radical political change is not something Putin wants to celebrate.
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Nishat Awan, University of Sheffield
We need to imagine new types of borders in this era of fervent fence building.
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Admir Skodo, Lund University
Rights and living conditions vary depending where immigrants are detained.
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Science + Technology
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Rhys James Jones, Swansea University
For the papier-mache headed Frank Sidebottom, the ZX Spectrum was more than a basic computer – it was like a musical instrument
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Environment + Energy
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Leslie Noble, University of Aberdeen
Super-fertile slugs from the continent have bred with their cousins in the UK.
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Gary Haq, University of York
Developed nations need to stop telling smoggy cities to clean up their act and start critiquing their own consumption habits.
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Arts + Culture
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Phillip Vaughan, University of Dundee
Still going strong in its 30th year, The Simpsons follows a strict animation style guide based on Matt Groening's own rules, and has much to teach young animators
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Health + Medicine
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Jason Gill, University of Glasgow; Carlos Celis-Morales, University of Glasgow
Pedal to the office and your risk of an early death drop by over 40%.
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Imelda Coyne, Trinity College Dublin
Children's opinions about their own care are often not sought by parents and healthcare professionals.
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