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![Norman Baker: 'When we face a new threat to our country from terrorist organisations, is a nuclear deterrent designed for the Cold War era still relevant?'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086827_1200-3-1024x641.jpg)
![David Meacock: 'Please don't feel guilty about betraying the Conservative party, they've already betrayed you – and without a care.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086798_1200-916x1024.jpg)
![Ukip defeated the Tory candidate in the Humberston and New Waltham council by-election, gaining their second seat.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7060587_1200-1024x767.jpg)
![Tim Sinister: 'The debate can be drawn down to a simple rule. Is this person in danger because of how they appear? If so, it should be considered a hate crime.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086771_1200-1024x999.jpg)
![Geoffrey Venn: 'The ability to remember and regurgitate facts in a highly pressurised situation may not be all that an employer would want.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086737_1200-1024x680.jpg)
![Sabby Dhalu: 'Whilst there is a difference between the two terms, historically fascist regimes and organisations have been linked with the most violent and aggressive forms of racism.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086723_1200-793x1024.jpg)
![Three quarters of the 166 inmates of Guantanamo Bay are estimated to be participating in the hunger strike.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7025682_1200-1-1024x1024.jpg)
Shaker Aamer, the UK’s only remaining detainee in Guantanamo Bay has joined a hunger strike and is allegedly being subjected to sleep deprivation and forcible cell extractions by the US military.
![Live blog covering this week's government announcements](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_1313_1200-1-1024x1024.jpg)
Politics.co.uk tracks the week’s government announcements and developments, ministerial appearances and speeches, consultations and White Papers.
![Sebastien Feve: 'Faced with the ever-growing importance of the internet in the terrorist's toolkit, governments have been looking for ways to hit the internet's 'off' button.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086705_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Megan Cleaver: 'Recent research has revealed that over £28 billion will be taken out of disabled people's pockets by 2018.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086694_1200-980x1024.jpg)
![Public inquiries are rarely welcomed by the prime ministers who order them](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7036107_1200-1024x1024.jpg)
![Property sales may force government employees outside city centre.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7037292_1200-683x1024.jpg)
![Less to go around: Many low income families could struggle following council tax increase.](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_7040652_1200-1-1024x638.jpg)
![Thomas Wright of the Brookings Institution: "Cameron's approach is much more likely to lead to an exit than his publicly stated position suggests."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086606_1200-683x1024.jpg)
![Robin Tilbrook: 'The struggle for England must now go on but now with renewed optimism and vigour.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086543_1200-1024x829.jpg)
![Joe Cox: "The very worst thing you can do in a recession: cut back on government spending and cut public sector wages and social security payments in real terms."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14085059_1200-1-613x1024.jpg)
![Rob Flello: 'With every day that goes by, more former workers pass away without any thanks from a nation that owes much of the freedom we now enjoy to their war efforts.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086505_1200-1-768x1024.jpg)
![Live blog covering this week's government announcements](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14054197_1200-1-1024x660.jpg)
![Dan Scorer: 'Until prejudice such as this is eradicated, people with a learning disability will continue to be failed by the system and denied justice.'](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14086483_1200-683x1024.jpg)