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"As a working class woman, nothing about the 'British Dream' feels achievable for me"

I’m a working class woman. The British Dream is unachievable for me

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"They played by the rules largely imposed on women who grew up when they did and wanted to succeed"

Clinton and May: Two sides of the same story

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"The last few days have seen a concerted attempt to repackage a no-deal outcome from Brexit talks as a tolerable outcome."

No-deal is political disaster porn for Brexit extremists

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"No party – not even Jeremy Corbyn's – can maintain political stardust forever"

The SNP’s political stardust is starting to fade

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"That the poorest BAME women have been hit hardest by austerity shouldn't be a surprise to anyone."

It’s no surprise that black and Asian women are hit hardest by austerity

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"When I first arrived, I struggled to be here"

Overcoming loneliness: A refugee’s journey

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" Corbyn has never criticised Putin in the House of Commons nor mentioned him in three speeches to party conference"

Digging into Corbyn’s silence on Putin

The Labour leader believes he is on the verge of power – but voters deserve answers about his approach to Russia

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"The compassionate government that May claims to lead should not be turning these asylum seekers away"

Where’s Conservative compassion for Afghan asylum seekers?

May and her party represent a strange version of compassion

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"May wanted schools to carry out immigration checks on pupils and put the children of undocumented migrants to the back of the queue when it came to admissions"

The real Theresa May: How the PM tried to introduce immigration checks in schools

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"The words literally choked her. She could barely get them out."

The day Theresa May choked on her own words

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"The election of Thatcher in 1979 did not, as might have been expected, trigger any large-scale increase in female representation"

Race, class, gender: New figures reveal reality of parliament

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"one-in-three female students in the UK reportedly experience sexual assault or unwanted advances on campus"

No, Bristol University hasn’t just ditched sexual consent classes

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"As would-be foreign secretary, never mind potential leader, Emily Thornberry must say now where she stands."

Where is Labour’s criticism of Putin?

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"The whole point of going into politics is to get things done"

The Lib Dems have learned their lessons, it would appear that Labour hasn’t

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"What is little known is the role that David Cameron played in propitiating the fledgling AfD after its foundation in 2013"

David Cameron’s role in the rise of the far right in Germany

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"If you won't admit your worst mistake, how can you be trusted not to make it again?"

The Lib Dems have learned nothing

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"We're governed by an interim prime minister whose Cabinet is more interested in their own egos than facing up to the biggest challenge to face our country since 1945"

May’s Florence speech can’t hide her Brexit indecision

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"Watch PMQs and you'll see party leaders throwing figures about the NHS, schools and policing at each other like they're snowballs."

Spinning the numbers: How politicians pull the wool over your eyes

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"People are emerging from prison more broken than they were before"

Chris Grayling’s probation reforms have been a disaster for the service

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