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‘Save Aleppo, save Aleppo, save Aleppo’

‘Save Aleppo, save Aleppo, save Aleppo’, were the words being chanted, as hundreds of people gathered – myself included - in front of 10 Downing Street in the mildly foggy weather. As small drops of rain trickled down from the sky, one of the guest speakers compared...

A ‘sticking plaster’ approach

Britain's social care system needs a strategic, long-term solution, not a quick fix, argues Karin Smyth MP This week the government announced it is allowing councils to increase the precept in order to help fund social care, as well as moving a pot of money from the...

Anti-trans activism – not what it seems

Gendered violence is a major killer of trans people, but it's not the only one, writes Natacha Kennedy Anti-trans activists have been campaigning against trans people’s human rights since the 1970s, and one of them infamously called for trans people to be 'morally...

Culture does not stand still

Witnessing the predictable hysteria surrounding the Casey review has been a curious activity. I expected the report to be called Islamaphobic but to label it as racist surprised even me. Banal accusations of racism and discrimination weaken real acts of hate and...