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While capital can respond to government decisions every second, withdrawing its approval with catastrophic consequences if it doesn't like them, citizens are stuck with a voting system that allows us
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In 1994, I was part of a protest group trying to stop the building of a dual carriagewayOne day we were accosted by an old gent. "Go away, you're spoiling
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We have a government whose inner circle belives that some people are genetically predisposed to do better than others. And that anyone can achieve success by pulling themselves up by
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Boris Johnson is systematically destroying rival centres of power in the UK. Here's how he's doing it, and here's who's helping him. My columnhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/01/no-10-lobby-groups-democracy
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Grass-fed meat can be even more damaging to the living world than intensive. The @SoilAssociation seems to ignore the three crucial issues: 1. Land take2. Carbon opportunity cost3. Ecological opportunity
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People tell me "it's ridiculous to say the UK is the most corrupt nation on Earth. Look at Zimbabwe! Look at Nigeria!"But where is the stolen money laundered? The City
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The rich people telling A-level students "don't worry about your grades, just stand on your own two feet" would starve to death if they were left alone in a house
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Corruption now runs through this country like a stick of rock.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jxvn/corporations-receiving-bailout-billions-have-laid-off-staff-and-paid-investors The government has used the pandemic to give vast amounts
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I started working with @DoubleDownNews partly because I see them as the future, and partly because BBC News and Current Affairs won't touch these issues (and will scarcely touch me).
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People tell me “I won't support the Guardian, because I disagree with much of what it says.” I disagree with much of it too. But isn’t that a good thing?
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This is a massive scandal, perhaps the biggest so far under this government. The secret, under-the-counter contracts given to really weird companies to deliver PPE and other pandemic services. It
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The story we keep hearing is that millions of people suddenly and simultaneously lose their minds: crowding the beaches, packing the streets of Soho etc. But if lots of people
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