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Category: Opinion

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Why I refuse to wear the red remembrance poppy

by Zaman Keinath-Esmail November 9, 2020November 9, 2020
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‘Disastrous’ – General HR McMaster slams US Afghan Policy at the Union

by Oliver Buckingham November 5, 2020November 5, 2020
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Home of the Depraved: the misery of the US election

by Tom Bannon November 3, 2020July 18, 2021
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How the Free School Meals scandal is part of a wider game

by Peter Brookes November 2, 2020November 2, 2020
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COVID-19 Pandemic: A Feminist Issue

by Lizzie Knowles October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
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Too Close To Home: How shifting positions on secularism have soured Franco-Turkish relations

by Grace Scott October 30, 2020October 30, 2020
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Can we trust the polls for the US Presidential election?

by Jacob Reid October 30, 2020July 18, 2021
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Tiered lockdowns and local government: the policy vacuum at the heart of the UK

by Anonymous Contributor October 29, 2020May 5, 2025
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Crisis on the borders of Europe

by Dan Hubbard October 23, 2020December 28, 2020
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Save the arts!

by Megan Lee and Jake Caudwell October 19, 2020October 19, 2020

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