Sian Powell
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PhD student, studying the role of the media in devolved elections

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16 Year Old Soldiers but Not Voters

(10) Comments | Posted 21 August 2012 | (17:46)

My youngest sister has just turned 16 and about to receive her GCSE results this week, she cannot buy a drink in a pub, drive or vote but she could join the Army, she could even choose to commit herself to the life of a soldier until she was 22....

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Is This What We Call British Culture?

(164) Comments | Posted 1 August 2012 | (00:01)

I don't usually take much interest in football, especially during the Olympics, but when I read on Twitter that none of the Welsh players had sung God Save the Queen at the beginning Great Britain's first male football match I suddenly wanted to tune in (and have even watched the...

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