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Explainer: Northern Irish politics

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageBelfast bakery or political hot potato?Brian Lawless/PA

They may not have been invited to the TV debates, but the political parties of Northern Ireland are campaigning just as hard as any. Candidates are pounding the pavements in the contest for 18 parliamentary seats and manifestos are being launched left, right and centre.

These give an indication...

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Shoppers face little chance in the 'confusopoly' of the supermarket world

  • Written by: The Conversation

Does anyone really know the proper price of anything in supermarkets anymore? We can do price comparisons, and say “this is cheaper in Tesco than in Sainsbury’s,” but then Lidl and Aldi come along and prove that much lower prices could have been offered all along.

And then there’s the hundreds of offers on display –...

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