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"It is possible to have an asylum system that is protective and supportive, which doesn't use detention"

Pointless, cruel & expensive: It’s time to close Yarl’s Wood

*Blog

"Please, I implore you, do the honourable thing. Do it now."

Enough’s enough: An open letter to Jeremy Corbyn from a former supporter

*Blog

"The expectation that Sturgeon will announce a second referendum is now widespread"

SNP mull Norway-style arrangement to solve their Brexit problem

*Blog

"London-bashing is just another easy wheeze to avoid hard thinking about the real roots of our problems"

London bashing won’t fix Britain

*Blogs

"He was a master of the now-forgotten art of imprisoning government bills in Committee to secure concessions for their release through their remaining stages in the House of Commons."

Farewell, Public Order: A Musical Tribute to Gerald Kaufman 1930-2017

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"This documentary provides yet more evidence that we urgently need to sort out the House of Lords"

Peers ‘popping into parliament’ to collect £300 allowance

*Blog

"Thank goodness for the mirror voices of dismay, despair and defiance from people who feel like I do, particularly on my social media feeds"

In praise of echo chambers

Surrounding myself by like minded people is what keeps me sane in these crazy times

*Blog

"Two elderly ladies in Birmingham have been threatened with fines for sweeping up leaves."

The busybody state: when it’s a crime to sweep up leaves

The public domain is being taken over by officialdom

*Blog

"Donald Trump's White House is staffed at the highest level with white nationalists who believe that immigration is a form of foreign invasion akin to war"

From Trump to nail bombs: How we normalised the far-right

*Comment & Analysis

Tom Brake in Gibraltar, where Brexit poses serious risks to the local economy

Gibraltar voted 96% Remain – but now Brexit makes it vulnerable to Spanish aggression

*Comment & Analysis

Leeds Community Homes would like to replicate successful community-led housing schemes like LILAC (photo credit: Modcell)

We’re not waiting for the govt to solve the housing crisis – we’ll do it ourselves

*Comment & Analysis

The focus on tackling so-called health tourism is putting the NHS principle of free-at-the-point-of-use at risk

Card readers on hospital beds: Immigration hysteria is breaking the NHS

*Blog

The media must stop portraying council estates as crime-ridden and uncared for

*Blog

"The party increasingly seems incapable of speaking to either the 48% or the 52%"

What Corbyn should have done to avoid his Article 50 shambles

*Blog

"The additional public revenue from these honours might be shown in the national accounts as a new form of VAT – Vanity Added Tax"

If Beckham wants a knighthood, he should buy one

*Blog

"Concentrix, the US contractor which wrongly stripped thousands of families of their tax credits"

The government’s latest benefits blunder is just the tip of the iceberg

*Blog

"Brexit is going to change almost every aspect of how we eat."

Stuffed: How Brexit will change the way you eat

*Blog

"In the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, Labour, Lib Dems and Greens are all standing against Ukip leader Paul Nuttal"

The Battle for Stoke: Why are we splitting the progressive vote?

*Blog

"Poll after poll has exposed an unpopular leadership and an unresponsive communications strategy"

Brexit has broken the Corbyn Delusion

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