Issue Number 17 – 31 March 2021 | new articles added daily

Global Britain – a fake ambition

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Hey, Jean! Meet genealogy!

Wine trade on the warpath

A better urban wildlife legacy

When financial services leave, we all lose

Is Sir Lindsay Hoyle up to the job of Speaker?

Racism is a pandemic and we are not handling it well.

Welcoming prickly visitors

Helen Fairhurst

Virtual unreality and the over-centralised state

Walking for health

Barbara Leonard

Amidst the anguish and turmoil of Covid-19, fascism finds fertile ground

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“I’m pro-statue, pro-flag…” Johnson speaks to his fans

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G stands for greenwash?

The Brexit classic car crash

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Zebra crossing in the Masai Mara

How the government killed and maimed us in Feb/Mar 2020

Stop using the ‘B’ word? Not me.

Protest to save our right to protest

“I’m done.” Police officer with 20 years experience shares sentiment of many cops

Priti Patel marches in where Michael Howard feared to tread

Rachel Marshall

The 7 principles of public life – trashed by this government at our expense

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