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Wage Stagnation and the Conservative Party’s Ideological War on Workers
The current cost of living crisis can be placed firmly in the context of the Conservative Party’s antipathy to the strife of the working class, says Thomas Perrett
Boris Johnson is Fighting a ‘Culture War’ to Cling On to Power
The Prime Minister's divisive comments about trans people are part of a broader attempt to replace his losing political war with a winning cultural war, reports Adam Bienkov
The Church of Putin
Reverend Joe Howard explores how the Russian President has won support from US evangelicals and his playbook matches that of the European far-right
The Non-Dom Conservative Oligarchy
Playboys and plutocrats are now the natural constituency of Boris Johnson’s party, argues Sam Bright
Rishi Sunak’s Family Tax Affairs Raise Questions He Can't Avoid
We need to know how the Chancellor can defend raising taxes for ordinary Britons while his own family avoids paying large sums in taxes, argues Adam Bienkov
The Bosnian Precedent: Anticipating Russia’s Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine
Jasmin Mujanovic argues that Vladimir Putin’s imperial plan follows the genocidal path set out by Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, and will be accompanied by the same strategy of disinformation and denial
Has Austerity Made it Harder to Find Dirty Money?
Sian Norris asks if cuts to the criminal justice system, and wealthy oligarchs spending big bucks on the best lawyers to protect their riches, have impacted efforts to go after financial crime
Backwards Britain: Having Rejected a European Future, We Can Only Hark Back to an Imperial Past
Hardeep Matharu explores how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has exposed the UK's perilous retreat – at a time when collaboration and a new vision of itself is required to navigate the dangerous realities of a changing world
Forced Marriage is Not Being Taken Seriously in the UK
Despite progress on legislation, forced marriage remains a hidden crime – with victims dismissed for 'cultural' reasons, says survivor Aklima Bibi
Equality and Human Rights Commission Should Be Defending Our Rights – Instead it Sits on its Hands
Brian Cathcart explores the abject failure of our official watchdog to challenge the Government's onslaught on human rights
The West is Playing Chess, While Russia and China are Playing Checkers
Events over the past two months have flipped the perception of the geopolitical world on its head, says CJ Werleman
Our Future is Being Gambled On by a Government in Blissful Ignorance
‘A’ level students Thomas Heath and Tom Marshall expose the Department for Education’s data-free approach to the impact of COVID-19 on learning
Putin’s Gulag-Based Empire of Abduction, Deportation, and Modern Slavery
Brad Blitz and Alexandra Lewis explain how Russia’s mass deportation of Ukrainians is not an accident, but central to the ‘Ru.Lag’ – the Kremlin’s new form of political and economic control
Macron and the Long March of the French Far-Right
Radical right-wing forces in France will not be buried by a second Macron presidency, says Shafi Musaddique
