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Are you ready for Boiled Raisin Cake as the Ukraine war drags on?

— With no sign of Russia ending its hideous war in Ukraine, are we facing a return to rationing times?

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So Boris Johnson’s comeback trail, like that of Liz Truss, runs through Washington, DC?

— There is a section of the Tories that doesn’t view bipartisanship as important in the relationship with America. There lies a perilous path.

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Truss, who lost longevity battle to a lettuce, is on a comeback trail through Washington, DC

— During her trip to America, Liz Truss was happy to be cheered by some Republicans who want Trussonomics-style uber-neo-liberalism.

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The 2023 election calendar has some big ones

— New year, new election cycles with 2023 seeing five key races: Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, and Argentina.

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REVEALED: The names of those who referred COVID testing firms into the “VIP” lane

— Introductions from just six Conservative Party politicians led to ‘VIPs’ being awarded contracts worth an eye-watering £5 billion.

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Oyster farm under threat from sewage dumping

— Water companies dumping sewage poses a serious threat to a 300-year-old oyster family business and to marine life if they are allowed to continue.

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Tory donor’s company awarded £4.5 million Government contract to take care of a mountain of unusable PPE waste

— A £4.5 million Government contract has been handed to a company headed up by a major Conservative Party donor to dispose of unused PPE, Good Law Project can reveal.

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Britain is failing the Aid and Reconstruction Complex

— What if a country has made such a series of catastrophic decisions that it cannot afford to help people in other parts of the world or protect the planet anymore?

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Generational Gerrymandering? New voter ID requirements will disenfranchise young people

— Attempts to enforce new Voter ID requirements could lead to many thousands of voters being turned away. Here is why it is going to be tough to challenge the Government's ruse to stop young people voting.

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Wear a mask in public — Successive COVID infections increase health risks, new study

— A new study shows that repeat COVID infections contribute to a significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems. Long COVID is going to be a defining issue of our times.

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Deadline looms for new Environment Secretary to respond to legal challenge against sewage dumping

— Giving the green light to water firms to routinely discharge sewage for decades to come is not only dangerous, but unlawful.

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Braverman’s brutal Britain

— It’s not May, Johnson, Truss, or Sunak that is the problem, it’s the entire detestable lot of them.

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Britain and Belgium: Asylum crises as Albania slams the UK ‘madhouse’

— Most people who cross the English Channel leave their homes in search of a better life, freedom, respect, or a decent, assured income. But countries comply differently with their international obligations towards refugees.

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MPs call for investigation into misuse of funds by a 55 Tufton Street charity

— Lawyers have uncovered conduct by a 55 Tufton Street charity which appears to breach charity law. A cross-party group of MPs has written to ask the Charity Commission why it is allowing Tufton Street dark money to pretend to be for the public good – and claim top ups from the public purse.

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Liz Truss’s government spewed hate about everyone, including tofu-eating people like me

— Spewing hate about everyone, including tofu-eaters like me, is neither a strategy nor a solution to climate action activists’ disruptive tactics, Rashmee Roshan Lall writes.

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Is Liz Truss really a symbol of Western democratic resilience as China crowns Xi Jinping?

— No matter whether a system is democratic or undemocratic, a bad leader’s period in office could leave millions of broken lives in its wake.