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That’s True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Seeking Attention
What an extraordinary summer. Record-breaking heatwaves and drought. Deadly wildfire sweeping across Europe and beyond.
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That’s True Too – Give Fossil Fuel Sponsorship the Red Card
I can’t pretend to be much of a football fan, but even I have been enthralled by the twists and turns of this year’s World Cup – the extraordinary emergence of underdogs like Cape Verde, the heroics of Curaçao against Ecuador, and the drama of Egypt versus Argentina.
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That’s True Too – Leave to Remain
Deciding that a documentary is just too excruciating to watch beyond the first 10 minutes isn’t, admittedly, a great way to start a review. But, when I tell you I’m referring to the BBC’s recent two-part series Brexit: A Very British Civil War, you may have some sympathy with me.
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That’s True Too – Natural Learning
I recently found myself at 7.30am one fine spring morning on a tractor-pulled trailer full of excited nine and 10-year-olds, bumping over a field to feed some cows in deepest Devon.
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‘Nigel Farage Is the Architect of the UK’s Decline and It’s Time for the Rest of Us to Rebuild Our Home in Europe’
The damaging Brexit experiment imposed on us must now be reversed, argues former Green MP Caroline Lucas
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That’s True Too – Not Worth the Energy
I recently came alarmingly close to throwing the toaster at the radio in frustration with Simon Jack’s interview with John Browne, the former CEO of BP, on drilling in the North Sea.
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That’s True Too – Drama of Dirty Reality
If as a government you’re trying to show you’re serious about solving a problem, setting up a commission and then promptly prohibiting it from even considering one of the most significant solutions to that problem is a pretty odd way of going about it.
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That’s True Too – No Hunger for Climate Action
It’s often said the first responsibility of any government is to guarantee the safety of its citizens. On this measure, the Prime Minister is manifestly failing.
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That’s True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Seeking Attention
For example, as one of the constituencies most prone to flooding in the whole of England, it is on the frontline of the climate crisis – yet voted for a party that, with its pledge to rip up green energy policies, would make that crisis, and the town’s vulnerability, even worse.
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That’s True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Imagining the Possibilities
Perhaps it’s not facts that we lack, but the imagination to believe that the world could be different. And for that, we need not just the scientific experts, but the artists and writers and poets as well.
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That’s True Too – In Pursuit of Pluralism – Politics with a Difference
Byline Times is delighted to welcome former Green Party MP Caroline Lucas to our roster of regular columnists. Her monthly musings will be ‘in pursuit of pluralism’ – an approach to politics, and life, more necessary than ever.
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Why We Need to Talk About Englishness
English identity is not something to be afraid of or suppressed within the notion of ‘Britain’ – but to be valued and explored, writes Caroline Lucas
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‘A Disunited Kingdom? Reclaiming an Englishness Hijacked by the Right’
At the heart of our political crisis is how England, in particular, has struggled to find its way in the modern world, writes MP Caroline Lucas
