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Free trade, free speech, environmental free-for-all?

07 September 2020 • 9 min read

From XR protests and trade board appointments to Brexit brinkmanship and transport funding, the government's triangulation on green issues points to a high stakes autumn

The new season of British politics returned with a bang this weekend, channelling the same chaotic energy that has made the last few years such compelling, dramatic, watch through your fingers, viewing....

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