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"Theresa May is pushing a Maggie Thatcher tribute act to an electorate dreaming of the real thing"

Week in Review: Do you want the blue pill or the dead pill?

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"More than anything, politics is a persuasion business"

Targeting the message: how parties use polls in a campaign

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"Despite important law changes on violence against women, there has been lots of rhetoric but not much action when it comes to improving women's rights in the UK"

A vote for Theresa May is not a vote for women

The prime minister’s policies have harmed women’s rights and access to equality

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"It is the duty of leaders and opinion formers not to demonise and stigmatise refugees and asylum seekers"

If we want refugees to integrate, we need to stop demonising them

More must be done to end the negative and damaging rhetoric around refugees

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"Had an alliance been hammered out earlier, taking in the Lib Dems, it would have given May cause for concern."

There is no progressive majority to stop Brexit – or much else

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"Erdington should be a safe Labour seat, but safe Labour seats don't exist anymore."

Working class Erdington shows there is no such thing as a safe Labour seat

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"Cooper is a composed, articulate technocrat who exudes competence while delivering modest returns - not unlike Theresa May, but with a more opaque worldview."

Labour needs more than just a good sales rep

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"The NHS simply doesn't have enough nurses"

Brexit risks undermining NHS without quick government action

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A connection between Labour Leave and Ukip could worry Labour members

The Labour Brexit group which donated to Ukip

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"There is one consequence of the law that is not often spoken about and which has potentially helped vulnerable women"

The good side of a bad policy: Harsh migration law blocks forced marriages

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"If large numbers of the new Tory intake take a hard line on immigration or financial contributions, the Tory Taliban could swell in size."

Election 2017: The no-nonsense guide

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"Labour can salvage itself: it can get a proper leadership, build policies, recover the more than half of supporters Corbyn has driven away"

Don’t fall into the trap: Labour MPs should vote against a general election

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Theresa May has announced that an early election is to take place on the 8th June

Shock election announcement: Reaction

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"There is a breed of left winger who reacts to accusations of left-wing anti-Semitism with instinctive defensiveness or scepticism"

Yes, the left has a racism problem

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"Labour's representation on the council has now been reduced to one out of 81"

Lone Ranger: Surrey’s solitary Labour councillor takes on 81 opponents

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"The Osborne affair comes on top of many other such unsavoury moments"

Osborne & the City: Either mainstream politics condemns this or the populists will

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The USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile Friday, April 7, 2017, from the Mediterranean Sea

Trump’s bombing in Syria was illegal – but the UN left no other choice

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"The government's controversial new two-child limit for tax credits is problematic for many reasons - not least because of its gendered impact"

The government’s rape clause is a callous attack on victims

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"Children whose parents were unmarried when one died will receive nothing"

Children born out of wedlock are still being punished by the state

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