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Natalie Bennett: 'This government will be remembered as one of missed opportunities'

Comment: The only ‘long term’ Osborne understands is until the general election

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Isabella Sankey: This week's report on tackling extremism will only act as another recruiting tool

Comment: Gagging extremism will only drive it underground

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Richard Heller: 'Online voting removes any direct connection between a voter and his or her neighbourhood.'

Comment: Bercow needs to stick to the day job before he sabotages our democracy

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Andrew Copson: 'The pattern across the board is one of segregation.'

Comment: Faith schools are enforcing segregation right under our noses

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James Taylor: 'The decision to come out isn't an easy one'

Comment: Tom Daley was brave to come out – homophobia is still rampant in the world of sport

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Ariane Sherine: 'Vote because it's the right thing to do'

Why voting will make you happy

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Penny Young: Politicians jumping on the anti-immigration bandwagon should be aware that public attitudes are nuanced

Comment: Analysis of the polls reveals a sophisticated public attitude to immigration

The public overwhelmingly want a reduction in immigration – but look deeper and you find a surprisingly nuanced take on this most explosive of issues.

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No politics please, this is Westminster: Sean Dilley's week in politics

The week according to Sean Dilley

Broadcaster and general nuisance Sean Dilley gives us his take on the week in politics.

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Godfrey Bloom: 'Big business welcomes regulation, they manipulate it so that only they remain in the game.'

Comment: Our regulators are as mad and bad as Mussolini

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Samuel Lawes: Having concerns about the scale of immigration is not racist.

Comment: Concerns about immigration are not automatically racist

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David Torrance: 'A lot of what is stated as fact is contestable.'

Analysis: An underwhelming document which won’t change the debate

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David Barclay: These voices offering a different vision of how our economy and society are structured are often religious ones.

Comment: Our ‘holy alliance’ should claim victory over payday lending cap

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Sports minister Helen Grant fails on sports questions

WATCH: Sports minister can’t answer a single question about sport

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Godfrey Bloom: 'How can it be right that the electoral battleground is fought in 100 key marginal seats which swing at each election'

Comment: Why won’t electoral reformers talk to me?

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Joseph Blake: 'The more young people disconnect from politics, the more we become neglected'

Comment: Refusing to vote is a protest against the democratic deficit

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Martha Davis: 'It was not easy to make a film about physicians and psychologists who are hidden, well-protected, and have never agreed to be interviewed on camera'

Comment: How the war on terror turned doctors into torturers

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Jasmine Sallis: 'Isa's life has been deemed worthless when put against the UK's immigration system'

Comment: As I write this, Isa Muazu fades away

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Sally Hitchiner: "Until we have women bishops, women in the UK do not have full political emancipation."

Comment: How long can the laity hold the Church of England ransom on women Bishops?

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Jane Fae: 'This applies a very large sledgehammer to an issue that many believe requires a far more delicate touch'

Comment: Cameron’s porn policy might make a good headline but it won’t actually work

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