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Boris Johnson isn’t too powerful to be sacked, May is just too weak to do it

From Where I Stand — The Foreign Secretary isn't proving his might with his undermining and unpleasantries. Our weak and wobbly Prime Minister is just showing again she has no authority to lead.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Segalov

Why The World Transformed is the future of British politics

From Where I Stand — The four day festival of politics, art, music and culture held in Brighton to coincide with Labour Conference is radically redefining how we do party politics. And it's about time too.

  • Opinion
  • Nathan Akehurst

‘There’s no appetite for the political centre anymore’

Huck meets Laura Pidcock — We talk class, the death of the centre, and why politics isn't just for special people with the Labour MP over some chips on the Brighton seafront.

  • Reportage
  • Michael Segalov

Spending a year undercover with the Alt-Right

Hope not hate — 25-year-old graduate student Patrik Hermansson set up a fake identity to get under the skin of the Alt-Right, putting himself face to face with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Here, he shares his story.

  • Activism
  • Alex Robert Ross

As NFL players take the knee, English football remains colourblind

From Where I Stand — The NFL is finally waking up to issues of race, both in and out of the game. Now more than ever, British football must follow suit, explains Alex Ross.

  • Opinion
  • Alex Robert Ross

The police have banned Huck's News Editor from doing his job

An affront to press freedom — Huck’s News Editor Michael Segalov has been refused security clearance to attend Labour Party Conference by the police despite having no criminal record, and they’re refusing to tell us why.

  • Activism
  • Michael Segalov

Cutting the cost of a degree by a few grand won't turn young people Tory

From Where I Stand — The half-arsed Conservative plan to slightly cut tuition fees is an attempt to woo young voters, but all it shows is just how deluded the Tories really are.

  • Opinion
  • Michael Segalov

Hundreds take to the streets for silent Grenfell Tower vigil

‘Never forget’ — Three months after the disaster, and on the day of its official public enquiry opening, survivors and mourners make another moving call for justice.

  • Activism
  • Dominique Sisley

Brazilian LGBTQ art show shut down by far-right protesters

Christian censorship — Queermuseu, a groundbreaking exhibition on queer identity, was forced to close on Sunday after receiving pressure from far-right and evangelical groups.

  • Art
  • Biju Belinky

The reggae singer taking on Uganda’s strongman president

‘We can change our destiny’ — Bobi Wine spent more than a decade singing about social justice issues in his native Uganda. This year, the ‘Ghetto President’ was elected to parliament, and now he’s trying to change the system from the inside.

  • Reportage
  • Julian Hattem

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