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Rishi Sunak has become Britain’s prime minister after a chaotic few weeks that saw Liz Truss resign after 45 days in office, and a last ditch effort by Boris Johnson – aborted at the last minute – to make a fresh bid for a position he was forced to vacate in early July.
The new prime minister is the second to take office in as many months without an election taking place. Polls suggest many feel he should call an early general election. He is, however, unlikely to do so given the Conservative Party’s poor ratings. Stephen Clear explains why the Conservative Party has the legal right to govern without an election. But questions whether that means that it should.
Amid all the drama Parveen Akhtar argues that it’s worth taking a moment to celebrate the fact that Britain has marked a new political milestone by having a person of colour as its prime minister. Sunak is of Asian descent.
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Stephen Clear, Bangor University
He’s the third prime minister to take office since the last election and
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Parveen Akhtar, Aston University
Sunak’s grandparents were born in India before travelling to East Africa, where his parents were born.
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Laura E. Alexander, University of Nebraska Omaha; Cristian Doña-Reveco, University of Nebraska Omaha
If you think of Latino voters as left-leaning Catholics, think again.
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Sonja Klinsky, Arizona State University; Terre Satterfield, University of British Columbia
From planting mangroves to dumping minerals in the ocean, there are lots of ideas for ocean carbon dioxide removal – and even more questions.
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Erik Meijaard, University of Kent; Serge Wich, Liverpool John Moores University
Setting aside half of Borneo would significantly reduce their decline, say experts.
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Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina
Today’s creepy clowns are not a divergence from tradition, but a return to it.
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Leigh Carriage, Southern Cross University
On October 24 1972, the world heard the infectious grooves and seamless vocal delivery of the song Superstition for the very first time.
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Konstantinos Tsimonis, King's College London
Xi is now the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
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Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan University
Politics in Ghana is heavily influenced by the Christian majority of the population.
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Matthew MacKisack, University of Exeter; Reshanne Reeder, Edge Hill University
Flickering light can make people see different colours and shapes or feel altered emotions or sense of time.
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