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‘The UN Refugee Convention Should Be Reformed – But Not in the Way Suella Braverman Thinks’
The UK could show global leadership by pushing for the international community to broaden its definition of refugees, writes former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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US Sanctions Rwanda Over Child Soldiers – As UK Sings President Kagame’s Praises
The latest sanctions stand in stark contrast to the UK Government’s often inaccurate descriptions of life in Rwanda, where it plans to send some asylum seekers
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Migration Policy Mired in Hyperbolic Rhetoric Won’t Help if it’s Targeted at the Wrong People
If the West really wants to end migration, there is a solution: spend more money in the countries migrants are fleeing.
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Britain’s Best Days are Behind Us Under the Conservatives, Say British People
A majority of voters believe “nothing in Britain really works” and say Rishi Sunak’s party has made public services worse, according to an exclusive new poll
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‘We Need to Confront the Lie That There are ‘Safe Routes’ for Refugees to Come to the UK’
The truth is that Rishi Sunak’s Government is complicit in forcing desperate people to risk their lives in order to seek refuge in this country
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‘Completely Stupid’: How the Government is Blocking ‘Life-Saving’ Research on Drugs Including Magic Mushrooms
Former government drugs adviser tells UK government to unblock research on psychedelics, citing “remarkable” treatment potential
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‘Not a Safe Country’: The Court of Appeal’s Decision in the Rwanda Case
With the Government’s flagship policy in legal disarray, will the Conservative leadership finally stand up for the rule of law or continue stoking their culture wars?
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Refugee Week 2023: Where is the ‘Compassion’?
While Suella Braverman claims her approach to asylum is compassionate, Index on Censorship’s Assistant Editor explores how the reality is very different to the rhetoric
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Rishi Sunak Will Fail Key Pledges on Migrants, National Audit Office Reveals
The official watchdog says both the Prime Minister’s promises – to reduce asylum seekers backlog and stop housing them in hotels – will not be met
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Child Abuse Inquiry Participants Say Suella Braverman has ‘Used Them’ and Dashed Their Hopes
Eight years since the landmark independent inquiry began and six months after it delivered its report, there has been no practical response from the Home Secretary
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‘Not the Radical Reset Children’s Care Needs’
A new parliamentary reports criticises the Government’s plans for young people’s care – with the Home Secretary announcing that the same strategy will be used to tackle child sexual abuse
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‘Suella Braverman’s Survival Shows Sunak’s ‘Core Value’ is Self-Interest’
Given the choice between restoring ‘integrity and accountability’ to Government or protecting his own interests, Sunak has consistently chosen the latter, reports Adam Bienkov
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LOCAL ELECTIONS 2023: Rishi Sunak Falls Victim to his Own ‘War on Woke’
The Conservative Party’s huge defeats in the local elections reveal a party that is increasingly out of step with modern Britain, reports Adam Bienkov
2019 General Election, Austerity, BBC, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Broadcasters, Class, Conservative Party, Democracy, Equality and Diversity, Extremism, Gender, Immigration, Journalism, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, LGBT, Liberal Democrats, Media, Newspapers, Populism, Racism, Racism and Structural Inequality, Rishi Sunak, Rupert Murdoch, Sexuality, Suella Braverman, The Far-Right, UK Politics
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Rishi Sunak’s New Far-Right Ally and the International Authoritarian Elite
Sunak’s warm welcome of the far right Italian Prime Minister exposes the increasingly authoritarian direction of his own Government, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Braverman Wants to Wage a ‘Culture War’ than a War Against Serious Criminality – It is Highly Dangerous for Potential Victims of Sexual Abuse’
The former Chief Prosecutor who brought the Rochdale ‘grooming gang’ to justice believes the Home Secretary’s rhetoric will have real life consequences
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Brexit Border Delays Expose the Lie at the Heart of Vote Leave
Boris Johnson’s promise that Brexit would make Britain an “outward-looking” prosperous nation is now exposed as the lie it always was, reports Adam Bienkov
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Suella Braverman to Address Radical ‘National Conservatism’ Event With Ties to US Right
The Home Secretary is a keynote speaker at the conference, which has previously hosted Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orban, reports Karam Bales
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The Starmer Audit: Three Years On, has the Labour Leader Kept his Pledges?
On the three-year anniversary of Keir Starmer becoming Labour Leader, Adam Bienkov analyses whether he has kept to his word or broken it
Antisemitism, Austerity, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Climate Change, Conservative Party, Constitution, Corruption, Crime and Justice, Democracy, Economy, Environment, Equality and Diversity, Foreign Affairs, Gender, Health, House of Lords, Identity, Ideology, Immigration, Iraq, Islamophobia, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour Party, LGBT, Middle East, Migration, NHS, Parliament, Protest, Racism, Rights, Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Trade Unions
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Suella Braverman’s Race-Based Approach to Evidence Making
The Home Secretary’s comments about British Pakistanis and grooming gangs are contradicted by evidence uncovered by her own Department, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Fleet Street ‘Friendlies’ Climb On Board Braverman’s Prison Ships
The Home Secretary’s tabloid-pleasing plans to float desperate refugees offshore are designed to distract from the Government’s own failings, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘Sunak’s Anti-Social ‘Crackdown’ is an Assault on Evidence-Based Policy’
The PM’s tabloid-pleasing ‘War on Yobs’ will only worsen problems in crime-hit communities, writes former Anti-Social Behaviour Officer Nick Pettigrew
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‘Is There Any Comparison Between Braverman’s Migration Bill and Nazi Germany?’
Brad Blitz looks at the storm of controversy over Gary Lineker’s comments on the Illegal Migration Bill, and while he finds no evidence of Nazi policy, does hear echoes of fascist rhetoric
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Gary Lineker, Andrew Neil and the BBC’s Real Impartiality Crisis
Prominent right-wingers at the BBC have long been given the sort of leeway for their views that those on the left never will, writes Adam Bienkov
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Compassion-Free Conservatism: ‘Suella Braverman Uses Vote Leave Playbook Against Vulnerable Refugees’
The new ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ is using the same dishonest tactics used to take Britain out of the EU to secure the Conservatives a fifth election victory, writes Adam Bienkov
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What the Knowsley Riot Tells Us About the Far Right Today
Friday’s violent scenes reveal the modern far-right’s tactics, its driving ideology – and how hate has been mainstreamed by the UK Government. Sian Norris reports
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Rishi Sunak’s Government is Sinking Into its Own Swamp
The Prime Minister promised a break from the chaos and corruption of Boris Johnson’s administration. After three months, his MPs fear little has changed
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‘Swamping’, ‘Cockroaches’, ‘Invasion’: How Language Shapes our View of Migration
Dan Clayton looks at a rising tide of martial, dehumanising and manipulative metaphors over asylum seekers and migrants in the UK
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‘Heightening Tensions from the Far-Right’: Braverman’s Dangerous Asylum Approach
Campaigners and experts warn that the Home Secretary’s rhetoric serves to undermine the human rights and safety of people in need
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‘When he Chooses to, Rishi Sunak is Happy to Match Braverman in the Hate Speech Stakes’
Asked about ‘grooming gangs’, he ignored the evidence and slapped the blame on a single ethnic minority – a revealing moment, writes Brian Cathcart
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‘The Suella Braverman Scandal Shows Rishi Sunak has Quickly Traded “Integrity” for Power’
The new Prime Minister’s deal with the disgraced Home Secretary gives the lie to claims he is making a clean break from the Truss and Johnson eras, writes Adam Bienkov
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All But One of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet Ministers Used Private Email – Why?
Suella Braverman has returned to the Home Office following her resignation last week over her use of private email – but Iain Overton reports how using personal channels is a common occurrence among cabinet ministers
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Home Office Spends £76 Million on Legal Challenges Since Johnson Entered Downing Street
As the Rwanda plan is challenged again in the High Court, Sascha Lavin reveals the vast scale and cost of legal challenges against the department behind the controversial scheme
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‘The Uses of Diversity’
Martin Shaw considers why so many politicians of colour have been appointed to top ministerial roles by white Conservative leaders
