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‘Damn Rees-Mogg’s Politics of Civility’
The Conservative MP's promise to bring back ‘civilised political debate’ in his new GB News show is an insult to the people harmed by this Government, writes Iain Overton

Concerns that Government’s Finance Bill Benefits Big Money and Harms the Planet
The Financial Services and Markets Bill risks wrecking the UK's commitment to net zero, writes Thomas Perrett

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

Leaping Over the Lords
Labour’s announcement that it would abolish the UK’s unelected second chamber is a headline-grabbing idea with little thought of the problems involved, writes AC Grayling

The Rise of Fringe Science, Contrarian Doctors, and the Threat to Public Health
Dr David Robert Grimes looks at the partisan polarisation and obsession with scientists rather than science that makes us prone to medical misinformation and anti-vaccine propaganda

‘Calls for a ‘Negotiated End’ to Putin’s War is a Simplistic Solution to an Unthinkable Reality’
No Ukrainian citizens can be left living under the Russian President's fascist rule, writes Paul Niland

‘The Sharp End of the Stick: Latest BBC Scandal Shows how Hard it will be for the Corporation to Recover’
To survive, the broadcaster's governance needs to be completely overhauled, writes former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse

Undocumented Immigration: Two Very Different Approaches
Brian Latham looks at the very different attitudes to migration in Southern Africa compared to the UK
Russians Living in an Alternative Reality
Mark Temnycky shows how the greatest victims of Russian disinformation are Russians themselves