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Protests at Sydney Town Hall against the detention of asylum seeker children to the offshore processing centres of Manus Island and Nauru in 2016.

Australia dishonoured itself by offshoring asylum – now Britain looks set to do the same

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The break-up of the UK is coming - but will it be violent or peaceful?

The break-up of the UK is coming – but will it be violent or peaceful?

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Financial 'Long Covid': How lockdown debts drag families under

Financial ‘Long Covid’: How lockdown debts drag families under

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The government's covid problem is simple: It won't listen to experts

The government’s covid problem is simple: It won’t listen to experts

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Covid: Population immunity argument raises troubling moral questions.

Covid: The libertarian population immunity strategy is wrong-headed & dangerous

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Nine months on, voters are still in the dark about online campaigning in the general election

Nine months on, voters are still in the dark about online campaigning in the general election

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If Labour really cares about left-behind communities, it'll push to reform our drug laws

If Labour really cares about left-behind communities, it’ll push to reform our drug laws

Some the worst effects of Britain’s outdated drug laws are in those places which are already suffering the most

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A young girl from Syria, who is on the run with her family, looks out of a tent in the Turkish border town of Edirne, near the Pazarkule-Kastanies border crossing, last spring.

Europe is illegally forcing refugees away from its borders

Illegal actions against people claiming asylum are taking place across the EU, with no sign of a concerted effort to stop them.

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TikTok deal: Now China and the US can breach users' privacy

TikTok deal: Now China and the US can breach users’ privacy

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Deliver for the Midlands by connecting it with HS2

Deliver for the Midlands by connecting it with HS2

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Jeremy Corbyn with Keir Starmer. The new Labour leader has made competence a central principle of his leadership.

The Corbyn-era autopsy proves that the 2019 election was a disaster waiting to happen

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Covid: It's still not safe for all students to go back to university

Covid: It’s still not safe for all students to go back to university

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Women caring for their children most at risk as covid job losses roll in

Women caring for their children most at risk as covid job losses roll in

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Starve and Carve: No.10 local public service attack is the next covid fiasco

Starve and Carve: No.10 local public service attack is the next covid fiasco

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Cummings and Johnson launch attacks on a range of enemies, including Europeans and 'activist lawyers'

Cummings and Johnson are breaking down the entire notion of democratic legitimacy

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The second wave approaches: Has the government learned any lessons?

The second wave approaches: Has the government learned any lessons?

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Starmer after a visit to Wade Ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent. The Labour leader is trying to side-step culture war issues.

Competent Leave? Starmer is side-stepping the Tory trap on Brexit

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Cummings digital ID card plan poses a new threat to privacy

Cummings digital ID card plan poses a new threat to privacy

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$Press freedom after Brexit: Will Britain fracture the European alliance?$

Press freedom after Brexit: Will Britain fracture the European alliance?

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