Week in Review: Clinging to reality under a post-truth government
How to stay sane when everything gets weird.
Johnson's nightmare: This is not how it was supposed to go
His brother's resignation and a disastrous press conference add up to another awful day for the new prime minister.
Checkmate: Labour rejects Johnson's election gambit
The PM's attempt to force an election has failed. SO what happens now?
Historic rebel victory: Parliament moves to stop no-deal
Boris Johnson was the first prime minister to lose his very first Commons vote since 1894, after a night of high political drama.
Opinion Former Articles
The route to tomorrow's journeys
The need to reduce congestion and to improve air quality has put us on the brink of immeasurable change.
How government departments are using Twitter video
Find out which government department produces the most popular videos on Twitter.
Comment & Analysis
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Drug death capital: What will it take for politicians to admit the need for decriminalisation?
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Week in Review: The battle against Tory Leninism
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Beyond the boats: Britain's asylum system needs fixing now
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Fatal misjudgement: Johnson has united opponents of no-deal
Anti-no-deal politicians lacked focus, unity and coherence over the summer, but the threat to suspend parliament has changed all that.
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Dead trying to reach Britain: Legal routes would prevent tragedy on the Channel
The death of an Iraqi man trying to reach Britain brings home the human cost of a draconian border policy.
Video
Planning for people
The English planning system is under review. This video explains the issues and loopholes that lie in the current (and proposed) planning policy. It describes how we’d like to shape it to work for local people and the countryside, rather than to profit developers. Find out more at www.cpre.org.uk/planningforpeople
Planning for People
Opinion Formers
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UK’s top scientists tell the Welsh Government: ‘Teach evolution, not creationism!’
Around 50 of the UK’s leading scientists and science organisations have urged the Welsh Government to ensure that students are taught evolution at primary school and to explicitly ban the teaching of creationism as science in all Welsh schools, in an open letter published today.
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Successful WHCT Grant awarded to the Derrylin & District Gun Club’s Upper Lough Erne Islands Breeding Wader Project
The Wildlife Habitat Charitable Trust (WHCT) has awarded a 5-year grant totalling £15,000 to Derrylin & District Gun Club, towards their innovative Upper Lough Erne Islands Breeding Wader Project.
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Government response shows full support for grouse shooting
The Government has publicly backed grouse shooting saying that it “is a legitimate activity providing benefits for wildlife and habitat conservation and investment in remote areas”.
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Pioneering project 'Game changer' extended for college students
A project launched to teach 60,000 pupils to cook game by 2020 has been extended to include college students.
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