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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (6th August, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (25th July, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (23rd June, 2024)]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by UnHerd (4th July, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Schools offer a lesson on Labour&#8217;s confusion</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (9th January, 2025)]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>There is nothing compassionate or progressive about assisted dying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (2nd December, 2024) The impassioned debate on assisted suicide last Friday has been widely hailed as a display of Parliament at its best. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Assisted suicide is dangerous</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (25th November, 2024) This week sees a five-hour debate in Parliament that could lead to one of the most consequential laws this century [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>I was Cameron&#8217;s speechwriter but voted for my Sunday football pal Keir. He&#8217;ll need all his on-pitch tenacity to tackle the Herculean challenges ahead</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (5th July, 2024) It is more than 14 years since I stood chatting to a nervous politician on the eve of taking power. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The i paper (1st July, 2024) When Rishi Sunak stood before the dwindling band of Tory faithful at their party conference last year, he spoke about the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Daily Mail (21st May, 2024) Colin Smith, a boy who had developed a bruise on his knee a few months after his birth, was the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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