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Category: Jon Ashworth

March 20, 2021March 20, 2021mbarker2012

Getting to Know Emilie Oldknow

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021mbarker2012

Leicester City Council: Listen to the Science Not the Tories

January 1, 2021March 3, 2021mbarker2012

Organising to Keep Our Schools Closed to Save Lives

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020mbarker2012

Claudia Webbe on Leicester’s Endemic Boohoo Nightmare

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020mbarker2012

Why Trade Unions Should Actively Promote the Wearing of Face Coverings in Schools/Colleges

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020mbarker2012

Why Lockdown-Leicester is “Angry, frustrated and disappointed but frankly not surprised”

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020mbarker2012

Political Responses to Leicester’s Covid-19 Crisis

July 7, 2020July 9, 2020mbarker2012

Leicester’s Lockdown Timeline

April 17, 2020March 20, 2021mbarker2012

Weaponising Anti-Semitism: The Case of Sam Matthews

April 14, 2020May 16, 2022mbarker2012

The Truth About Jonathan Ashworth and Emilie Oldknow: An Anti-Corbyn Retrospective

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