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Left is Netherlands leader, Geert Wilders, whose Party for Freedom won national elections last year and who argues that immigrants are ‘pampered.’ On the right is U.S. President Donald Trump, who recently signed anti-immigration legislation. (CP PHOTOS/college by TC)

Politicians’ attacks on immigrants lack solid evidence: New data set the record straight

Many political debates about immigration and the welfare of immigrants are not accompanied by facts. A new data set can help with that.
Cleo Watson, a former aide to ex British prime minister Boris Johnson, launching her previous novel. Getty Images

Whips, adultery and a ‘Loin King’: what is it about Tory political players writing scandalous books?

Cleo Watson, former co-deputy chief of staff to Boris Johnson, was fined in the infamous “PartyGate” scandal involving gatherings held at government buildings while the United Kingdom was under a pandemic…
The Conservatives’ manifesto relies on efficiency savings, welfare cuts and a crackdown on tax evasion. Benjamin Cremel/Associated Press/Alamy Stock Photo

Three ways politicians always promise to raise money without increasing taxes – and why they rarely deliver

Tax evasion crackdowns, efficiency savings and welfare cuts are easy political sells – but getting these measures to deliver large amounts of revenue is much more difficult.

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