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    May 21
    Why don't you do a deal with Reform? On this week's special edition of The Capitalist Podcast, Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride gives a speech on the economy – and answers questions on topics from doing a deal with Reform UK to the case for abolishing the triple lock Watch the full
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    Aug 23, 2020
    The UK needs to wake up to the fact that the Chinese Communist Party is now directly attempting to corrupt British democratic traditions and systems, constrain our journalists, and limit academic freedom of expression.
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    The Chinese Communist Party is targeting me - and British democracy
    The UK needs to wake up to the fact that the Chinese Communist Party is now directly attempting to corrupt British democratic traditions and systems, constrain our journalists, and limit academic...
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    Aug 22, 2020
    Hong Kong's National Security Law means MPs are at risk of imprisonment for what they say in Parliament
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    The Chinese Communist Party is targeting me - and British democracy
    The UK needs to wake up to the fact that the Chinese Communist Party is now directly attempting to corrupt British democratic traditions and systems, constrain our journalists, and limit academic...
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    Jan 17, 2020
    No Chinese court has ever ruled against the Chinese Communist Party. Are we really meant to believe that, if lent on by the might of the Chinese state, Huawei would stand firm and risk everything it had to challenge them?
    Why Britain must not allow China's Huawei to build its 5G network
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    Aug 12, 2020
    Press freedom is a litmus test for freedom itself - when it's under attack, the last vestiges of liberty are at stake. And in Hong Kong, it's just been killed. @benedictrogers
    Press freedom in Hong Kong has now been killed - it's time to act
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    Nov 9, 2021
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    Jan 18, 2020
    Whoever gets to build this system will have tremendous power, tremendous responsibility and potentially tremendous leverage over the UK: if you’ve built it, you know how to break it. Can we trust China with this critical infrastructure?
    Why Britain must not allow China's Huawei to build its 5G network
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    Jan 18, 2021
    Mr Perry made a choice in making his services available to the Hong Kong legal system. Now he must make another choice as to whether he stands with the oppressors or the oppressed.
    British lawyers should not be helping Beijing crush Hong Kong's democracy
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    Feb 6, 2020
    "In the decades I’ve been watching Labour politics, this is the single stupidest idea I’ve ever heard." @OliverKamm piles into Richard Burgon's 'Peace Plan' proposal capx.co/richard-burgon…
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    Dec 27, 2020
    Best of 2020: It's time to stop acceding to China's rise and fight it properly
    China must pay for its Covid crimes
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    Mar 28, 2023
    The idea of women organising in defence of their rights is triggering to some people
    'Anti-fascist' trans activists are a threat to democracy
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    Nov 14, 2020
    "Statements alone, however strongly worded and very welcome, no longer cut it..." @benedictrogers on what the UK should do to help the people of Hong Kong
    China has snuffed out Hong Kong's freedom - so what next?
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    Sep 7, 2020
    Taiwan’s defence of Hong Kong’s democracy movement and assistance to Hongkongers fleeing repression in their city is second to none.
    The Czechs have led the way on Taiwan - now others must follow
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    Sep 7, 2022
    'It is absurd that we continue to import gas from other countries thousands of miles away while ignoring the gas we have under our feet' ✍️ @SteveBakerHW ✍️@Cmcallister008
    Britain is in the grip of an energy crisis – so let's get fracking
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