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Paul McNamee: Ignore key issues and they'll bite us on the Brexit
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Ignore key issues and they'll bite us on the Brexit

John Bird: Great ideas come when you're away with the fairies
Cove Park Glasgow
John Bird

John Bird: Great ideas come when you're away with the fairies

John Bird: To save the world, we’ll need to transform trade
John Bird

John Bird: To save the world, we’ll need to transform trade

John Bird: Can I be frank? Probably not – it’s so easy to offend
John Bird

John Bird: Can I be frank? Probably not – it’s so easy to offend

Paul McNamee: Let's join forces to make things better
Social Care
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Let's join forces to make things better

John Bird: Europe found peace after World War II – but can it do it again?
Arromanches
John Bird

John Bird: Europe found peace after World War II – but can it do it again?

Paul McNamee: Libraries give us power
libraries credit robin byles
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Libraries give us power

Paul McNamee: Time to value the innovators. Now more than ever
Kevin Headley
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Time to value the innovators. Now more than ever

Paul McNamee: We’re all waiting for Brexit’s punchline
Union Jack, Scottish flag, EU flag
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: We’re all waiting for Brexit’s punchline

John Bird: Make the path to good pay fairer and we’ll destroy poverty
Nick Clegg David Cameron
John Bird

John Bird: Make the path to good pay fairer and we’ll destroy poverty

John Bird: The best way to preserve the Welfare State is to reinvent it
John Bird

John Bird: The best way to preserve the Welfare State is to reinvent it

Paul McNamee: Fizzy logic puts Brexit back in the spotlight
CO2
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Fizzy logic puts Brexit back in the spotlight

Paul McNamee: It’s no crying shame to shed tears
Neymar World Cup cry
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: It’s no crying shame to shed tears

John Bird: It’ll take a Rolls-Royce service to write off poverty
Poverty
John Bird

John Bird: It’ll take a Rolls-Royce service to write off poverty

Paul McNamee: The truth is out there – you just have to look for it
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: The truth is out there – you just have to look for it

Paul McNamee: Calvin Harris' fishy business can lead the way forward
Calvin Harris
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: Calvin Harris' fishy business can lead the way forward

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Meet the street paper seller who predicted Trump and toured the White House
The Big Issue

Meet the street paper seller who predicted Trump and toured the White House

Paul McNamee: It’s time to challenge casual callousness
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: It’s time to challenge casual callousness

Paul McNamee: You can bank on The Big Issue
Mark Carney Bank of England
Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee: You can bank on The Big Issue

Vicky Carroll: Staring at dystopia, the strength of young people is striking
Vicky Carroll

Vicky Carroll: Staring at dystopia, the strength of young people is striking

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