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We’re discussing the Rwanda bill, yet again. On Tuesday there was a rebellion from the right of the Conservative party who attempted to put down amendments on the bill to try and ensure neither UK nor...

18 Jan 202421min

Restoring nature: can data halt biodiversity loss? | Sponsored

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The UK is one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries. According to a recent study, the annual State of Nature report, nearly one in six of more than ten thousand species assessed – that's 16 pe...

17 Jan 202420min

Why Team Starmer refuse to believe the hype around them

Why Team Starmer refuse to believe the hype around them

The Labour Party has a talent for losing elections. Over the last century, it has held office for just 33 years and has produced just six prime ministers. The Conservatives, by comparison, have held o...

15 Jan 202424min

Have millennials forgiven the Lib Dems?

Have millennials forgiven the Lib Dems?

"I felt sure that millennials would never forgive the Lib Dems, but it seems like young people who are leaving London are voting Lib Dem in Tory strongholds. So have millennials forgiven the Lib Dems?...

12 Jan 202414min

The Post Office scandal: Lessons from one of the UK's greatest miscarriages of justice

The Post Office scandal: Lessons from one of the UK's greatest miscarriages of justice

Between 2009 and 2015 more than 700 people who ran Post Offices, also known as sub-postmasters, were wrongly accused of embezzling money and subsequently prosecuted. The fault was actually that of a d...

11 Jan 202422min

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