Archive of August 2016

Brexit: A country's critics are its best friends
Nobody destroys a country's interests as quickly as its self-proclaimed patriots
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Pick of the week: The Brexit surrender
Our most-read items this week
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Owen Smith's Big Pharma past rules him out as Labour leader
Smith still has to questions to answer over his time at Pfizer
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Child obesity: Big business interests must not trump children's health
The obesity epidemic is not driven by a massive, global collapse of self-control, but by social and economic factors
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Nigel Farage reveals his true colours with Donald Trump endorsement
Former Ukip leader allies himself with far right US presidential candidate
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Fabric closure: Sadiq Khan must back drug safety tests for clubbers
Khan needs to start thinking about how to keep both Londoners and their much-loved venues safe
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It wasn't The Sun that got SAS soldier released from prison
The Sun's claim that it helped to get an ex-SAS soldier released early from prison isn't quite as it seems
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Brexit smashed austerity, but Corbyn is too lost to benefit
The vote to leave the EU has done what the anti-austerity movement could not
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How the scale of UK's prison crisis is kept under wraps
Incident at HMP Birmingham reveals difficulty in discovering what happens inside our prisons
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Pick of the week: Brexit myths and council bans
Our most-read items this week
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The tactics the DWP uses to stack the odds against benefit claimants
The benefits appeal system is beset by problems
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Grammar schools are another stick to beat the working class
For every child that makes it to a grammar school, there will be many more left behind
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Would you make Donald Trump disappear?
When the going gets tough we start contemplating anti-democratic measures
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The low paid workers taking on big business to fight for better conditions
Outsourced workers in London are fighting back
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Byron Burgers and Sports Direct are two sides of the same coin
Big business is all too happy to make money off the back of migrant workers
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Pick of the week: The Corbynite takeover that never was
Our most-read items this week
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The council which banned sleeping
Sleeping in open spaces, swearing, hanging out with friends - just a few of the things councils have banned
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Government cuts to supported housing could force services to close
The most vulnerable will be hit by the cuts
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A tale of two Brexit Britains
Who really drove the Leave vote?
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There's a whiff of homophobia surrounding the PrEP debate
If HIV was prevalent among straight, white guys, the debate would be very different
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No more child refugees should die trying to reach family in the UK
Making it harder for child refugees to join their families will push them into dangerous situations
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Hinkley Point is just another vanity project - Theresa May should ditch it
Governments focus too much on big and unnecessary projects
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Labour is doomed if it apes the right on immigration
The Labour party must create a positive narrative that sets it apart from the cynicism that dominates current politics