Category: Politics

Starting young on the politics of argument | Letters

Alastair Campbell inadvertently but accurately summed up everything that is wrong with politics in this country when he suggested that “arguing” could be the name for teaching politics in schools (Politics should be taught in primary schools, Alastair Campbell says, 25 May). Arguing is a sterile, counterproductive activity if it does not have a philosophical […]

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Plan to scrap specialist sex offender teams ‘a danger to public safety’, says probation union

Plans to disband specialist teams that deliver treatment courses for sex offenders have prompted fears public safety will be jeopardised. Under the Ministry of Justice proposals, which are being fiercely resisted internally, behaviour programmes for a wide variety of offenders would be delivered by staff who are not fully qualified probation officers. A probation worker […]

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Greg Casar Charts a Lonely Progressive Path in Texas

It’s a wisdom gained from experience. As council member, Casar worked with progressive activists to decriminalize public camping in 2019, a step he acknowledges couldn’t supplant the need for more resources to combat the city’s homelessness crisis. In 2020, he pushed to cut and redistribute police funding more following national protests over the murder of […]

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Immigrants deserve to be valued, not vilified | Letters

The excellent article by Gaby Hinsliff (The Tories should be proud of Britain’s migration numbers – and they have Boris Johnson to thank, 25 May) and your editorial (25 May) together encapsulate the necessary reframing of the tired numbers-driven immigration debate that has gone on unchallenged for decades. The bipartisan political and media-amplified consensus that […]

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