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Wales’ best days are yet to come

Adam Price 25 October 2019 Wales’ best days are yet to come2019-10-26T13:48:38+01:00 Comment No Comment
As I write this, Westminster politics is in crisis. While much may have changed by the time of publication, a fundamental disease at the heart of the Westminster establishment will…
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Beyond “the business of nickels and dimes”: a socialist guide to Christmas

Stuart Rodger 23 December 2017 Beyond “the business of nickels and dimes”: a socialist guide to Christmas2018-12-31T15:20:11+00:00 *Essays* No Comment
It's a Wonderful Life (Fair Use) I – The feast It's Christmas time, a time to eat, drink, and be merry. Mulled wine and mince pies, all around a hot…
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We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change

Iona Barbour 19 August 2015 We need rent controls to fight poverty – and climate change2015-08-19T17:36:20+01:00 *Society* 1 Comment
Photo: Living Rent Campaign This article was written under a pseudonym. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher scrapped rent controls for the Private Rented Sector (PRS) – laws limiting the amount landlords…
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Finding a sense of place: community, art and the UK riots.

Alasdair Thompson 24 August 2011 Finding a sense of place: community, art and the UK riots.2011-08-24T08:55:22+01:00 England & Wales 3 Comments
What is it that makes a community? We talk a lot about communities in political discourse but to what do we actually refer when we use the term? After the…
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Aid commitments – NGOs biggest success, and their biggest failure.

Adam Ramsay 11 June 2011 Aid commitments – NGOs biggest success, and their biggest failure.2011-06-11T08:30:41+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* No Comment
Twice in recent weeks, question time audiences have asked why the government is ring fencing aid budgets whilst cutting the NHS. This at once shows the monumental effectiveness of development…
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Time for a living wage

MatthewButcher 24 May 2011 Time for a living wage2011-05-24T17:00:41+01:00 No Comment
Matthew works for responsible investment campaigning group Fairpensions The Sunday Times Rich List is strangely addictive. The longer you look at it the more active your imagination becomes. What would…
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