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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s not the break-up of Britain… yet
Election results show that the ground is shifting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the future of the UK...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes forever
The pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: Home: OpinionCounting calories doesn’t work. The government is wrong to force us to do so
As eating disorders rise, a new law requiring calorie counts on menus in England hugely misses the mark – and could...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsPolicing bill: MPs have one last chance to protect the right to protest
Protesters are urging MPs to ‘use their privilege for power’ next week when the notorious bill returns to the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureFamilies’ plea over ‘barbaric’ indefinite prison sentences for minor crimes
Exclusive: Thousands left in English and Welsh prisons without release dates, despite controversial indefinite...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsTesting firms ‘lost’ thousands who entered England with COVID
Exclusive: Labour accused UK government of failing to regulate the ‘Wild West’ travel testing market that is failing...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisDeciding Britain’s Future: Tom Nairn, Gordon Brown, Marxism and Nationalism
An account of the origins and influence of the most important book on British politics for 50 years
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureUK Traveller communities fear ‘cultural annihilation’ over upcoming trespass laws
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people face imprisonment or hefty fines under new England and Wales Police Bill that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAs a former officer, I'm horrified by England and Wales’s Police Bill
The bill could spell the end of policing by consent – and force police leaders to decide whether to use draconian...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionCulture wars aren't a distraction, they're a battle over everything
For some, the ‘war on woke’ is just common sense. But they’ll find that the pillars holding up England’s traditional...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsGo private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients
Patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals, openDemocracy’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature10,000 Airbnbs and nowhere to live: Cornwall’s housing crisis
How a summer of staycations hit the renters living in one of the UK’s most desirable destinations
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsMillions opt out of England’s health data-sharing plan
NHS data-sharing scheme put on hold ‘indefinitely’ after public backlash to privacy concerns raised by openDemocracy
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionFor England to be England, it needs to abandon British delusions
You don’t need to be proud to be English to accept that you are. You can’t abolish a system you don’t recognise
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionGame on for the Premier League in the Balkans?
How Telekom Srbija’s push to buy TV rights to major European tournaments could undermine media freedom in the region
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Published in: ourNHS: ExplainerYour top 12 questions on England’s GP data grab – answered
We address openDemocracy readers’ biggest concerns about the upcoming data grab – including what opting out means,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionGrim fall in life expectancy exposes UK government’s ‘levelling up’ lies
New report reveals stark drop in life expectancy in some of England's poorest areas. So why isn’t the government...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBy not taking the knee at the Euros, Scotland exposes its national myth
Many in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: FeatureHalf of deaths among people with learning disabilities in England in 2020 were ‘avoidable’
Father tells of son being denied ventilator as report reveals many of those with learning disabilities who died of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: AnalysisBeavers in parks and cattle in city centres: England’s rewilding councils
A quarter of England’s councils – rural and urban alike – are rewilding, or plan to do so soon. What does this mean...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job