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The Tories are launching a new authoritarian government
Looking at the changes to the law that have already happened and those now proposed together, it is clear that we have not faced such a drastic attack on our rights and freedoms since we gained the vote, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
Prime Minister Boris Johnson
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
THE series of Bills outlined in the Queen’s Speech show that this government marks a radical departure from its predecessors — a radical shift rightwards.
Taken together the legislation proposed and laws already enacted make this a new type of authoritarian government in this country, one we have not seen previously in the era of the universal franchise.
No government which has Boris Johnson at its head and Priti Patel as its Home Secretary can be expected to be a champion of civil rights or a guardian against an over-mighty state. But this is something quite new.
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