Issue Number 8 – 9 October 2020

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The Do-Good, the Bad and the Priti

Sadie Parker

Who will protect our democracy from industrialised disinformation?

Tom Scott

Do-gooders are in the majority, Patel. Get used to it.

Anthea Simmons

“Begging you to believe me – you do not want to import US food standards”

AMan4AllSaisons

Poetry, nature and covid-19

Miles King

A ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee’ is fine – but what will students live on?

Mick Fletcher

Make votes matter! A personal perspective

Laurie Taylor

Questioning capitalism is not extreme

Mick Fletcher

Tears of a ghost

Chris Baker

The power of art in times of crisis

Vicky Rosier

Travelling outside comfort zones: two fingers up to the predictable

Dawn M Sanders

Gardening for wildlife: ideas for the autumn

Anna Andrews

Letter from America – Medicare part 2

John from across the pond

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Richard Haviland

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George Monbiot

Potholes and politics: how Starmer could fix politics for the cost of two miles of tarmac

Mark Kieran

VE Day: the heart-rending memories of an evacuee

Pat Brandwood

Clear, simple and wrong: why serious politicians need to raise – and change – their game

Mark E Thomas

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