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![2016 was one of the most eventful political years in living memory, but 2017 will see Brexit and Trump take on momentum](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121563_1200-1024x576.jpg)
!["Anyone could see that Trump was unfit for office."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120908_1200-1024x576.jpg)
!["Anyone could see that Trump was unfit for office."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14120908_1200-1024x576.jpg)
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![Trying to appeal to both sides of the Brexit divide, risks turning Labour into an irrelevance.](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14117380_1200-1-1024x768.jpg)
![Trying to appeal to both sides of the Brexit divide, risks turning Labour into an irrelevance.](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14117380_1200-1-1024x768.jpg)
!["There's never a good time for somebody to be sanctioned by the Jobcentre, but when it happens at Christmas, it's particularly brutal."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121528_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["There's never a good time for somebody to be sanctioned by the Jobcentre, but when it happens at Christmas, it's particularly brutal."](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121528_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["The fall of Aleppo brought a cacophony of recriminations against those who opposed military action against President Assad in 2013"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121474_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["The fall of Aleppo brought a cacophony of recriminations against those who opposed military action against President Assad in 2013"](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121474_1200-1024x683.jpg)
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In his first major speech since leaving office, Mark Drakeford told an audience of over 600 people at the Humanists UK Convention on Saturday that Labour leader Keir Starmer should be ‘bold’ in office, should he become Prime Minister. Asked what advice he would give to a Labour leader entering office, he said: ‘By winning… Read more »
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95% of healthcare professionals responding to a Medical Defence Union (MDU) survey say they want political parties to include plans in their manifestos to support the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce. Of the 613 doctors, dentists and dental care professionals responding to the MDU’s survey, three quarters (75%) also said they feel negative… Read more »
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