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Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.
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‘Trump’s War on Science Could Be Coming to the UK Soon’
There is a concerted global effort to undermine the very concept of evidence-based policy and scientific progress, argues Kit Yates
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Kemi Badenoch’s Foreign Policy: ‘Channelling Her Inner JD Vance’
The former senior diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sees signs of Trumpist culture wars and a woeful lack of realism in the opposition leader’s foreign policy set piece speech
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‘Keir Starmer Must Embrace Proportional Representation and End the Coercive Duopoly Throttling Our Democracy’
Britain will never truly change for the better as long as Britain’s deeply unfair voting system remains in place, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Trump’s New World Order: America Will Enable Authoritarians to Win’
The spread of war in Europe is now a greater possibility than it has been since the height of the Cold War, writes AC Grayling
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Will the US Celebrate the Third Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion by Betraying Ukraine?
Zarina Zabrisky explores Trump’s new alliance with Putin and the dark economic and ideological forces behind this new phase in the war
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‘F**k Trump’: Kyiv Faces the Darkest Hour
Chris York explores the mood in the capital as Ukrainians try to make sense of the US President’s support for the Kremlin
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‘Keir Starmer Must Accept These Hard Truths Before Meeting Donald Trump’
Before the Prime Minister heads to Washington he must wake up to the fact that the UK’s real allies may now lie elsewhere, argues UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘How Powerful Racist Parties Are Weaponising Political Antisemitism’
Antisemitism shouldn’t be a contested issue, It’s racist hate and it’s on the rise, writes Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia
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‘There Is Nothing ‘Natural’ About Donald Trump’s Predatory Exploitation of Ukraine’
The US President’s attempts to extort Ukraine for its natural resources, while abandoning its fate to Russia, is a return to the worst imperial politics of the past, argues Aleksandar Djokic
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‘I Asked Nigel Farage’s Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming’
My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff
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‘If We Let Domestic Abusers Skip Rehabilitation Courses Then Lives Will Continue to Be Lost’
Domestic violence charity Refuge’s CEO Abigail Ampofo says that the Government’s decision to end rehabilitation courses for some offenders is ‘deeply troubling’
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‘Wales Is Leading the Way on Ending Lying in Politics. Westminster Must Now Do the Same’
The Welsh Government looks set to impose bold new restrictions on lying in politics. It’s time for Westminster to follow suit, argues Jennifer Nadel
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‘Keir Starmer’s Blue Labour Strategy Is an Electoral Dead End for His Government’
Labour’s attempt to mimic Nigel Farage’s Reform on immigration is a fundamental misunderstanding of its electoral base, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Dear King Donald the Magnificent’ – A Letter From One Troubled Monarch to Another
King Charles congratulates Donald Trump on his “magnificent accomplishment” in restoring monarchical rule to America, imagines Alexandra Hall Hall
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From Murdoch to Musk: Hacking the State
While the media mogul spent more than half a century building up back-door political influence, the social media broligarch stormed into the US Government in just two years. Peter Jukes explores how the use of power through media has evolved
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How the Media and Musk Are Boosting Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Well Beyond Its Size
Analysis of media mentions on Elon Musk’s X reveals that established news organisations are helping to boost Nigel Farage’s party well out of proportion to its number of MPs
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‘How Clickbait Media Missed the Real Story About Asexuality’
A report by King’s College this week exploring prejudicial attitudes towards asexual people prompted an ugly online backlash
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‘I’m a Labour Councillor and This Is Why My Party Should Ground Heathrow Plans and Rejoin the EU Instead’
Rachel Reeves is looking in the ‘wrong direction’ for stimulating growth in the UK, argues Labour Councillor Salman Shaheen
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‘Government Narratives About ‘Disabled Scroungers’ Give Trolls Permission to Viciously Attack Us Online’
The notion that disabled people are scroungers and benefit cheats is almost permission to further abuse against them, Penny Pepper writes
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‘This One London School Offers a Beacon of Hope for Transforming Our Education System’
This is a real time petri dish experiment on how to transform Britain’s education system, argues Neal Lawson
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‘Keir Starmer Urgently Needs a Vision to Unite the Nation and See Off the Far-Right’
If the Government attempts to mimic the anti-migration politics of Reform it will be a recipe for defeat, argues Jennifer Nadel
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Trump’s Middle East Riviera: What Next for Gaza?
Even if Jordan and Egypt somehow agreed to a US take over Gaza, who would physically remove 2.5 million Palestinians? Trump’s proposal is pure fantasy – but what does it reveal?
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‘In the Face of Shock-and-Awe Fascism, Resistance is Fertile’
If enough people are talking with each other about why the rule of law, strong democratic values and human rights are worth defending, the demagogues will fail
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From TikTok to USAID – The Perfect Storm
Paul Niland dissects the lies and outright skirting of the law being perpetrated by Trump and Musk
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The Holes in Policy Exchange’s Attack on the Church of England’s Slavery Reparations Plan
A privately funded, ‘anti-woke’ lobbying company has been in the forefront of the attacks, reports Alan Lester
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Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the ‘New Authoritarianism’ Leading the US Down an Increasingly Dangerous Path
The early stages of Trump’s new administration are following an alarming and predictable pattern, argues Christian Christensen
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Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government
Former followers of the ‘Dark Enlightenment’ say a planned ‘neo-reactionary’ hollowing out of government is happening in real time
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FGM: ‘How Can We Achieve Zero Tolerance With Zero Coverage?’
An estimated 230 million girls and women alive today are believed to have been subjected to some form of female genital mutilation – yet it rarely ever makes the news
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‘Kemi Badenoch’s Bold Plans to Fix UK Immigration Are Already in Place, Unworkable and Pointless’
The Conservative leader outlined five policies to fix the immigration system. Nick Beales explains how far off the mark she is
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Trump’s Gaza Plan is a White Supremacist Agenda, and the Homeland is Next
Trump’s Gaza plan ‘does not come out of the blue’ argues Nafeez Ahmed, it is ‘part and parcel of a broader white supremacist agenda’
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‘Donald Trump’s Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan Is a Call for War Crimes And the UK Must Condemn It’
It’s time for Keir Starmer’s Government to finally recognise Palestinian statehood and resist the US President’s catastrophic agenda, argues Green MP Ellie Chowns
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‘Keir Starmer’s Shallow-Rooted Political Project Is Already Starting to Topple’
By ripping out his party’s ideological roots in exchange for power, the Labour leader’s premiership has been left deeply vulnerable to the coming storm, argues Neal Lawson
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‘The A&E Crisis Shows How the NHS Is Getting Worse and the Government Has No Real Plans to Fix It’
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
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‘Labour’s Borders Bill Is a Gift to the Far-Right That Won’t Stop Boats but Will Cost Lives’
The bill will cause untold human suffering while also still failing to deter irregular migration, argues Nathan Phillips
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Trump’s Return is the Perfect Opportunity to Restore the UK as a Development Superpower
Donald Trump’s decision to freeze all foreign aid opens the door for Britain to re-exert it’s own position on the world stage, argues Francis Shin
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After Five Years of Brexit It’s Time to Admit It Was a Terrible Mistake and Build the Case to Rejoin the EU
Let this be the moment we look forward to a brighter future at the heart of Europe, argues Green MP Ellie Chowns
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‘Donald Trump’s Self-Defeating Foreign Aid Freeze Will Only Help America’s Enemies’
The US President’s decision to suspend all foreign aid will harm US interests while gifting a golden opportunity to China, argues former UK diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Must Abandon Their Trumpian Obsession with Economic Growth’
Prioritising growth over all other considerations will only widen economic inequality and deepen already cavernous social crises, argues Neal Lawson
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Why It’s Time to Fight Back Against the Dystopian Tech-Trump Oligarchy
Those who watched silently as reactionary tech bosses seized power in the US must now wake up and fight back, argues Johan Farkas and Aurelien Mondon
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From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk
“Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics” according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago
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The Axel Rudakubana Southport Murder ‘Cover Up’ Conspiracy Theories Debunked
Despite what you may have read in parts of the media, this case showed our criminal justice system is as objective and robust as ever, argues lawyer Gareth Roberts
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What Really Lies Behind Donald Trump’s Shifting Stance On Ukraine
Trump’s new threat to Putin doesn’t necessarily mean he’s on Ukraine’s side, argues George Llewelyn
