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Guest Opinion by Steve Race MP: The South West’s Innovation Moment

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025 By Jack Duncan

About the writer: Steve Race has been the serving Member of Parliament for Exeter since 2024. He is a member of the Labour

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Opinion: Labour’s Harrowing Obsession with Beijing 

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 By Jack Duncan

In characteristic fashion, the Labour Party is failing abysmally on national security and the basic function of any government in keeping the country

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Opinion: Mother of the Nation, Father of Misogyny – The Conservative War on Women

May 1, 2025May 1, 2025 By Veronika Parfjonova

The Conservative Party does not serve women. It never has. Behind the self-congratulatory myth of Thatcher’s handbag and May’s kitten heels lies a

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Opinion: How Making America Great Again has Turned into an Orwellian Nightmare 

March 23, 2025March 24, 2025 By Connie Newstead

In a digital age where the world feels increasingly fragmented, George Orwell’s 1984 serves as an uncomfortably prescient guide to understanding the forces

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The Greatest Speech of Trumps Presidency Has Been Given – He Wasn’t Even in the Building

March 19, 2025March 19, 2025 By Oliver Keay

Senator Chris Murphy’s recent speech stands as a forceful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s ongoing efforts to subvert American democracy. Delivered in response

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Opinion: Disability Benefit Cut is Yet Another Betrayal for Disabled People

March 13, 2025 By Gemma Gradwell

Starmer has fallen into the trap of many politicians before him: scapegoating disabled people in an attempt to gain support from the right-wing

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Opinion: Why Trump’s Idea of Gaza as the New Middle Eastern Riviera Is an Extremely Dangerous Suggestion

March 12, 2025March 12, 2025 By Cordelia Moore

“Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing it, and creating thousands of jobs.

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Opinion: The Most Important Film at the Oscars 2025

March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 By Jack Williams

After a night at the Oscars that was unusually devoid of political statements and speeches, one winner made a strong and hopeful statement

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Opinion: How to Turn Diplomacy into Reality TV

March 8, 2025March 8, 2025 By Abby Uffindell

When I saw the headline pertaining to the Oval Office last Friday I couldn’t quite believe it. Surely this was just classic clickbait

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Opinion: Online Radicalisation and Violence – Technology is Sweeping the Law off its Feet. 

March 7, 2025March 3, 2025 By Jade Effemey

The world of technology has developed at increasing speed over recent decades, and with it, a flurry of change to how we understand

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