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Brexiteers ramble on in verdant home counties

Even ardent Leavers can't quite put their finger on what a successful Brexit would mean for their day-to-day lives. It seems Brexit is a liberation without content, a liberation that consists entirely of feeling liberated.

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With nobody steering the ship, Brexit drifts into uncharted waters

Despite eight votes on Brexit options (and a pledge from Theresa May to resign), nobody won in the House of Commons today.

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Will Brexit be solved by tomorrow? Haha, no.

Tomorrow, UK Parliament will debate and vote on a number of alternative Brexit proposals. But it's still highly unlikely that will resolve anything.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. (Image: Wikipedia Commons)

Thailand's 'flawed' democracy leaves voters in limbo

Following a general election, Thailand remains trapped in political limbo as it will take weeks for a definitive result to be announced.

Robert Mueller. (Image: official White House photo/Pete Souza, )

How Trump turned a damning report into a political victory, for now

In any other context a report that sums up how Russians influenced a presidential election in his favour would be bad news for the sitting president. 

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UK parliament is moving to take control of Brexit

During a temporary absence of Theresa May, The House of Commons begins to hammer out some options to fix Brexit, writes Crikey's correspondent-at-large.

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The many faces of the 'Put It To The People' Brexit march

London is a city with one thing on its mind: Brexit. And it's not just the usual suspects marching in Theresa May's disintegrating England, finds Crikey's correspondent-at-large.

Bodies of those murdered last week in Christchurch terror attack continue to be buried. (Image: AAP/SNPA, Martin Hunter)

While New Zealand heals, Australia's culture war rolls on

The Christchurch attacks have brought New Zealand together. But in Australia, the home of the alleged killer, we keep fighting, and refuse to change.

Why did Erdoğan invoke Gallipoli after the Christchurch attack?

It seems an odd move for an ostensible ally to provoke Australia on a sensitive subject like that. So why do it?

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Panic (and confusion) on the streets of London

Crikey's correspondent at large, now on the ground in London, shares some street scenes from the unfolding Brexit catastrophe.