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How Scottish independence stopped being scary

In 2016, Scotland’s Conservatives successfully spread panic about an independence referendum. Five years on, the electorate is no longer afraid

By Adam Ramsay

/ 5 May 2021

How Scottish independence stopped being scary

Tories accused of ‘unfathomable’ failure to pledge against election intimidation

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s party is refusing to sign a pledge against abuse, and the government has failed to respond to a review of election intimidation

By Martin Williams

/ 4 May 2021

Tories accused of ‘unfathomable’ failure to pledge against election intimidation

‘My father’s life is in danger for defending Bahrain’s freedom’

Human rights advocate Ali Mushaima calls on the British government to stop using taxpayers’ money to fund a torturous dictatorship

By Ali Mushaima

/ 3 May 2021

‘My father’s life is in danger for defending Bahrain’s freedom’

In pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedom

Seven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile governments and online bullies

By Adam Bychawski

/ 3 May 2021

In pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedom

‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local elections

As the rest of the opposition crumbles, the party traditionally on the fringe has become a viable alternative that serves post-pandemic needs

By Adam Ramsay

/ 1 May 2021

‘It’s time for change’: Green seeds are ready to sprout in local elections

Don’t let Johnson muddy the water – the lobbying scandal is about contracts, not unions

It is bizarre that we are talking about further regulation of unions and charities in response to a scandal about Conservative Party sleaze

By Antonia Bance

/ 30 Apr 2021

Don’t let Johnson muddy the water – the lobbying scandal is about contracts, not unions

UK accused of ‘Trump tactics’ after ‘devastating’ £131m cut to family planning aid

Millions of the world’s poorest women and girls will ‘pay the price’ of the UK government reneging on its commitments, say aid workers

By Kerry Cullinan

/ 30 Apr 2021

UK accused of ‘Trump tactics’ after ‘devastating’ £131m cut to family planning aid

'The future sucks': why the work you love won’t love you back

Capitalism is making life worse for workers yet demanding more dedication than ever. Sarah Jaffe argues that there’s another way to live

By Natalia Savelyeva

/ 30 Apr 2021

'The future sucks': why the work you love won’t love you back

To achieve press freedom, we must rewrite journalism

It is time to liberate our media systems from the political and economic forces that have long subtly controlled them

By Dan Hind

/ 30 Apr 2021

To achieve press freedom, we must rewrite journalism

Leading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoin

Brian Cox, Slavoj Žižek, and Elena Ferrante among signatories asking the EU to offer membership ahead of possible Scottish independence vote

By Adam Bychawski

/ 29 Apr 2021

Leading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoin

The mother penalty: the women short-changed by a government support scheme (video)

The COVID-19 support scheme for self-employed people discriminated against mothers. We hear one woman's story and learn from the NGO that is taking the government to court.

By Charlotte Threipland and Oscar Rickett

/ 29 Apr 2021

‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19

For many artists, the pandemic has confirmed that the government either doesn’t care about the arts or is actively contemptuous of them

By Oscar Rickett

/ 29 Apr 2021

‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19