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"The only thing more concerning than the economic and social contractions of Brexit is the stigmatisation of anything other than near-jingoistic optimism"

If you respect the electorate, you’d tell them the truth about a hard-Brexit

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"The issue of Europe, which once divided the Tories, looks set to do the same to Labour."

The Labour split on Article 50 was on full display over the weekend

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Protesters at an anti-Trump march in California

May will lose all respect if she doesn’t raise human rights concerns with Trump

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"A candidate like Benoît Hamon could offer the best chance of forging a new consensus that will eventually reinvigorate a demoralised French left."

Benoit Hamon: Meet the ‘French Jeremy Corbyn’

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EU and UK flags

Brexit critics need to start working within the system

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"May claims she wants to enhance workers' rights, yet she is pushing 3.5 million migrant workers into a perilous position"

May isn’t going to protect workers’ rights

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"The role of the public in the enormous challenges and questions that lie ahead needs to be considered."

Taking back control: Why voters need a say on Brexit plans

Public involvement will be vital in the coming months

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"Fewer staff means that classes, which are already too big, will become even more overcrowded."

Justine Greening’s ‘fair funding formula’ will be devastating for schools

The education secretary must seriously rethink this policy

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"This is my second prison sentence and it has been tough"

A letter to the public from my prison: Here’s how to fix the crisis

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"The direction of travel is not hard to see. And politically it will be devastating for Labour"

The coming Tory attack on foreign aid is a trap for Labour

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"As for existing UK residents, one hopes the Home Office come to their senses and start making clear what on earth they are going to do"

EU citizens in the UK are already facing Home Office threats

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'Lansman has brought in sweeping changes to Momentum'

Jon Lansman’s resignation won’t be his last role of the dice at Momentum

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"I am told that the vote was all about a sense of community, of place in the world. Well, Leavers, you have stripped me of mine"

I can’t reach out to Brexiters anymore – they’re destroying this country

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"Some things in politics are just too big to come back from"

Arlene Foster needs to take responsibility for the situation in Northern Ireland

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"The dominance of social media as the forum of these discussions has meant that all of us are prone to 'virtue signalling'"

Twitter is turning us all into identity-driven social justice warriors

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"The likelihood is that he will do something very big and very bad, far outstripping the worst actions by the Obama administration."

Trump incoming: Britain’s post-Brexit reliance on the US will put it in danger

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"Their proximity to local populations allows them to ensure that policing is responsive to local demands. But it is this very proximity that risks PCCs being unable to see the wood for the trees."

Remember policing and crime commissioners? Years on and they’re still failing

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"The plan is apparently to "Lift and Shift" the core values enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights, which underpin the court, into British law"

Theresa May’s attack on the ECHR will set Putin free

*Comment & Analysis

2016 was one of the most eventful political years in living memory, but 2017 will see Brexit and Trump take on momentum

What the hell just happened? The nightmare of 2016

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