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"To see Farron's image unravel in the way it has this week is upsetting for many"

Farron’s worst qualities came from his faith, but so did his best

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"One constant throughout has been the long-running and severely neglected mental health crisis in our prisons."

Out of sight, out of mind: The prison mental health crisis

*Blog

"It is anticipated that Theresa May will appoint up to a dozen Tory peers this month"

The myth of an independent Lords: How peers take the whip

*Comment & Analysis

Midwinter heat: Rail fares often dominate debate after new year's day

Welfare for the rich: The truth about rail nationalisation

*Blog

"When a single boy underachieves in his exams, it is a failure of the individual. When a million boys underachieve in their exams, it is a failure of policy."

What’s the problem with white working class boys?

*Blog

"Susan's problems go back more than a year and fall between government departments"

Tax credit debt – The Universal Credit problem nobody is talking about

*Blog

"The eyes of the world are likely to remain on the Iranian government and religious institutions, waiting to see what they do next."

UK needs to stand up to Iran’s revenge against protestors

The Iranian government’s response to current events must not involve mass human rights abuses

*Blog

"Cannabis legalisation has very high levels of support in California and other states which have legalised"

Cannabis reform: Legalisation in California could spell the end for prohibition

The next few months could prove decisive in the global struggle for drug reform

*Comment & Analysis

Theresa May prepares her Tory conference speech in Birmingham in 2016. The party faces a significant demographic problem in its elderly membership

Tories are older, whiter and more authoritarian

*Blog

"There's little that Young can bring to the table"

If Toby Young’s tweets don’t rule him out of regulator role, what would?

*Blog

"The party that embraces technologies can ride the first-mover advantage that Blair took on globalisation"

Automation: Liberals need to stop despairing about technology

*Blog

Since 2010, the cost of train travel has gone up twice as fast as wages

You’re suffering from the rail fare rises – even if you’ve never caught a train

*Blog

"Is there anything to feel optimistic about?"

Year in Review: The hangover from 2016 drags on

*Blog

"This year's Snapshot showed that two-thirds of Tory MPs (66%) thought that a hard Brexit would be best for entrepreneurship in the UK"

What MPs really think about Brexit, the Northern Powerhouse and business

*Blog

"Apparently the new passport will have images inside of Britishness"

The row over blue passports sums Brexit up perfectly

*Blog

"Decisions aren't made until after survivors' mental or physical health has already deteriorated as a result of their detention"

The government must stop detaining victims of torture

*Blog

"The number of people in Britain who rely on vanishing council services is almost certainly higher than the number who could pick out Green in an ID parade"

Green goes – a standstill moment in a standstill government

*Blog

"The end goal for us is that every school has menstrual products for everyone, and education so both boys and girls know what a period is."

How period poverty finally became a political scandal

*Blog

"The centring of the 'principles' of Universal Credit contributes to a Westminster delusion about this dumpster fire."

The only way to fix Universal Credit is to scrap it altogether

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