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Odds-on: Time to prepare for a general election

It’s time for progressive parties to start thinking about the upcoming election

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Figures for drug deaths in Scotland sparked a public outcry.

Drug death capital: What will it take for politicians to admit the need for decriminalisation?

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Priti Patel leaves Downing Street after being made home secretary

Beyond the boats: Britain’s asylum system needs fixing now

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Protests took place outside parliament yesterday as news of development emerged.

Fatal misjudgement: Johnson has united opponents of no-deal

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Members of the Kent Anti-Racism Network hold a vigil in Ramsgate to welcome refugees.

Dead trying to reach Britain: Legal routes would prevent tragedy on the Channel

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No-deal double act: Simultaneously bad and not bad at all

Johnson’s doublethink no-deal: Simultaneously bad and not bad at all

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Choosing alternatives: All the Brexit options ultimately involve the same 'obey with no say' compromise that the backstop does

Johnson’s alternative to the backstop would be just as ‘undemocratic’

The moral difference between Johnson’s Brexit options would only be discoverable with an electron microscope.

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A statue of Stalin. The Soviet leader went into a state of shock when Hitler eventually broke the terms of the pact.

Hidden history: The Nazi-Soviet pact which Russia now tries to deny

Ahead of the 80th the anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, there is a sustained attempt to erase it from history.

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"Britain is at peak tabloid," according to one tabloid editor.

The great Brexit ‘up yours’: How three decades of euroscepticism made the UK go full tabloid

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Penalised into poverty: Bruising Home Office tactic sparks crisis for some children

Punished through their parents: The war on migrant children

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No signal: What happens when no-deal problems interact?

The no-deal threat: What happens when the problems interact?

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Afghan security officers stop a man near the site of an explosion in Kabul last Wednesday.

Out of sight: British press ignores the continuing horror in Afghanistan

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Campaigners for the youth group Ofoc hold up a poster melding Johnson and Trump's face as they hand in a petition to Downing Street.

Boris Johnson’s cringing post-Brexit foreign policy

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Parliament takes control: MPs have always stood up to government, even if it was from behind the scenes

Standing firm: Hidden parliamentary battle against Hostile Environment has lessons for no-deal

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Alliance era: Another ineffective solution to a bigger problem

Brexit pacts: The latest desperate attempt to game a broken first-past-the-post system

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Fake news: Targeted campaigning of advertisers seems to have marked effect.

Our fight against fake news is starting to turn the tide

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Fortress Britain: Residency requirements often make it hard to young people to stay legitimately in the UK.

The next Windrush: Relentless Home Office immigration fees try to drive out young Brits

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Top Gun: There's a big gap between the mavericks of the 1980s and the ones today.

‘Mavericks’ used to be sexy – when did they turn into Donald Trump?

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Citizens' rights: Major concerns remain around Settled Status programme

Johnson claimed he’d protect EU citizens, but he’s already going back on his word

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