Fownhope’s Heart of Oak Society traces its roots to the age of friendly societies, when communities provided their own safety net. Its anniversary celebrations reveal a tradition still very much alive, says MARK SEDDON
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Yes, EU citizens should get a vote in a British general election
Giving settled migrants the vote is not a wild idea — it’s actually what we have always done, explains SOLOMON HUGHES
Many citizens of other EU countries now live, work and pay taxes in Britain
ANGUS REID explains the significance of Cuba’s egalitarian in letter and spirit Family Code and the pertinent lessons it holds for democracies anywhere in the world
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NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
WE have got about three million people settled in Britain who are working, paying taxes, raising children, paying rent or buying houses — they are here for the duration — but they can’t vote.
We haven’t seen this many resident adults excluded from voting for 90 years.
In 1928, all over-21 men could vote, but only property-owning women over 30 could put a cross on the ballot.
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