Author Archives: Shaaz Mahboob

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1. Separation of Powers and Civil Liberties in the UK are now at breaking point
2. The social media ban is illiberal, unworkable, and our stance is the wrong one
3. We are being held hostage by the Tory voters who have lent us their vote
4. Mathew on Monday: Banning Under-16s from Social Media is the Wrong Answer
5. Spread it out: the liberal case for a wealth tax

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• The government’s £1bn school sports revamp talks a good game on SEND inclusion. So why are disabled children being benched? (Jean-François Burford)
• Don’t slam the brakes on Britain’s EV revolution (Mark Hofman)
• “How will you pay for it?” – The reply I’d love to hear Ed Davey give (Jamie Dalzell)
• The Lib Dems created the triple lock – we should be the ones to set the terms for its end (Adam Shaw)
• We are being held hostage by the Tory voters who have lent us their vote (Theo Rodwell)

• The Joy of Six 1535
• Oakham Town Council has "lost control of everything" according to "worst ever" report
• Makerfield: we can breathe again.
• Brexit has cut trade in almost every sector of the UK economy
• In which my great great grandmother's brother stuffs a ptarmigan
• Liberal Democrat MP suspended from party after arrest
• Joseph Wright of Derby: From the Shadows exhibition comes home
• Replacement?
• Reform inadvertently lose their majority
• The Major Oak is dead and Phil Harding has discovered another ancient site near Stonehenge

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