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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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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

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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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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

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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

Proposals would see high speed trains directly connect the city centres of Leicester, Leeds, Birmingham and Nottingham.

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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

Two new books on the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn show, more than anything, the central need for competence in political leadership.

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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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Greener, wealthier towns: The potential in work-from-home

Better for people, towns and the environment: The political opportunities of working-from-home

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The last night of the Proms: Latest culture war battleground.

Not in our name: Ethnic minorities don’t care about your Proms culture war

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Crisis with religion: Secular new social morality takes root amid covid emergency.

The UK is facing down Covid without turning to religion

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