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Honestly held opinions and provocative argument based on current events or our recent reports.
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Where Is the Opposition to Nigel Farage’s Immoral Mass Deportation Plan?
Keir Starmer’s Government’s refusal to explicitly condemn the Reform leader’s plans to tear thousands of families and communities apart is only clearing his path to Downing Street, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘What’s the Point of the Lib Dems in a Post-Liberal Era?’
As Ed Davey’s Party gathers for its annual conference, Neal Lawson asks whether the party can still prosper in an increasingly illiberal political era
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‘Why I’m Now Scared to Live in Trump’s America’
As a proud naturalised US citizen who has been publicly critical of the President, I am becoming increasingly fearful about my future here, writes Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Trump’s UK State Visit Highlights the Death of US Soft Power’
Trump is not just hostile to the concept of soft power, but actively working to dismantle the institutions which promote it, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘My Government Must Quit Twitter and Call Out Elon Musk’s Far-Right Hate’
Labour MP Noah Law explains why it’s time for Keir Starmer to start treating the billionaire X owner as the ‘foreign extremist’ he now is
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In Absurdia – Age-Old Panic
Despite what creative types may claim, even critics are human beings. And though those scrutinisers often get it right, they can sometimes get it wrong.
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Mandrake – Divided Loyalties
As close as Lord Rothermere was to Geordie Greig, his overarching loyalty to the Conservative Party meant that he had no choice but to sack him as Editor of the Daily Mail when he became too strident in his front-page attacks on Boris Johnson during his period as Prime Minister and Tory Leader.
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The Martyrdom of Lucy Connolly
Otto English dissects how the right united behind a symbol of the ‘free speech authoritarianism’ it claims is terrorising Britain – so real violence and its causes can go ignored
