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"A state has a constitution, whether it is written or unwritten"

Why the UK needs a written constitution

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"The patients had prepared tea, scones and cakes for the protest. Some of the offerings were 'medicated' with infused cannabis preparations"

Why we took cannabis in front of parliament

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"I wasn't very surprised to hear him use a six-letter word that rhymes with 'digger' on Friday's Graham Norton Show on the BBC"

Outrage over Chris Rock’s BBC interview shows poverty of cultural criticism

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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

Sturgeon gave a flat speech to a flat conference

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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

New report reveals the poorest BAME women are set for big drop in living standards

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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

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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?

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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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