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KNOWING WHAT WE KNOW…

Certain things make good sense to requestion and rethink. Closer ties with neighbours particularly. But don't people know enough about how the EU works - and doesn't? Should it be parked in the long grass?

NATIONS

EU

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NEW GERMAN BORDER CONTROL

The new German Chancellor - Friedrich Merz - is implementing new border controls to bar undocumented asylum seekers at its border. This seems a million miles from what the UK PM wants to do.

PEOPLE

Migration

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CHURCH HONOURS CLOWN KING?

An annual Clown service honours Joseph Grimaldi - the creator of the modern clown concept. But - given how much clown imagery we now see - should we perhaps ask why that is - and what it might mean?

CULTURE

Manipulation

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GOOD USE OF OUR MONEY?

The UK gov't buys 5m doses of a bird flu vaccine - even though there's no evidence it can spread between humans. Do we need to ask - with long NHS waiting lists - why's there always money for Big Pharma?

BIG PHARMA

Profit

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5 YRS OF WHAT'S TO COME

Five years is up! It's time to appoint 26 new Commissioners to steer the European Union - led by Ursula von der Leyen - a lady with questions yet to answer. The next 5mths in the EU will be very interesting!

GOVERNMENT

Policy