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We stand in solidarity with the Stansted 15

‘Shame on the home office’ — Yesterday, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the home office in support of the activists, who were convicted after blocking a deportation flight in 2017.

  • Activism
  • Kieron Monks

Welcome to Britain, a country that has finally lost its mind

Please help — Two years of constant political arguments and very little progress over Brexit has come to a head. Please, Theresa – put us all out of our misery.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Brexit unpacked: your bullshit-free guide to the current mess

What is happening? — While it’s easy to switch off, Brexit will shape British politics, and our lives, for a generation – so we owe it to ourselves not to clock out. Writer Ben Smoke talks us through the mess.

  • Opinion
  • Ben Smoke

Dispatches from Birmingham’s Supreme Cat Show

No vaping please — ‘Like an IKEA for cats’: photographer Joe Hart heads to the most prestigious event on the UK’s feline calendar.

  • Photography
  • Huck

It is time for Tony Blair to stop talking and go away

Read the room Tony — The former Prime Minister is a haunted relic who continues to plea for attention and relevance. It’s not helping anyone.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Molly Crabapple's guide to making a difference

Lessons learned along the way — Artist-turned-journalist Molly Crabapple has forged her own path in life, becoming one of the most determined – and effective – political voices of our time. But when the going gets tough, she relies on some tried-and-tested wisdom to keep going.

  • Activism
  • Adam White

A brief history of Tories being bad at social media

Digital deficencies — The Conservative Party are not very good at social media. Following Amber Rudd’s recent Partridge-esque Twitter video, we revisit some of our favourite examples of Tories on the internet.

  • Opinion
  • Niall Flynn

Is this finally the end for Boris Johnson?

Goodbye, farewell — With his blustered resignation and attacks on Sadiq Khan, the former foreign secretary has exposed himself – revealing a hypocritical, lazy and self-absorbed man with absolutely no ability to lead.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

Fantastic Negrito scares the shit out of the establishment

From near-death to stardom — After eating out of garbage cans and hustling through music school, a car crash nearly killed Xavier Dphrepaulezz. Then he reinvented himself as Fantastic Negrito, winning a Grammy in the process. Now, having bypassed the gatekeepers, he feels ready to save the world.

  • Magazine
  • Adam White

The uncertain future of Serbia’s LGBTQ community

Time for change — In June last year, Ana Brnabić defied the odds to become Serbian Prime Minister – making her the country’s first ever gay politician. But in a staunchly conservative society with a terrible track record on LGBTQ rights, what difference has this appointment really made?

  • Reportage
  • Sophie Cousins

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