Human rights were born from the lessons of Europe's darkest chapter. We shouldn't weaken them in pursuit of immigration policies that won't solve the problems they're meant to address argues Clive Lewis MP.

There are questions we ask because we care, and questions we ask because somebody else’s life has made us curious. Adoption can blur that boundary. Sometimes respect means leaving the question unasked.

Hotels have attracted protests. Houses believed to accommodate asylum seekers were targeted during disorder in Thetford. Now RAF Barnham faces opposition. Our latest article asks what the alternatives actually are.

The ownership of the Falkland Islands is again in the news - the topic recently raised by Argentinian president, Javier Milei.

Pecksniff watches Europe creep back onto the agenda * A Lib Dem door closes remarkably quickly * Reform Cllr Sam Journet takes umbrage

Excellent!👏👏✨

In February, Reform told Suffolk County Council to “tighten its belt”. Now it's running the council and exploring a referendum that could cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. What's changed?

“Have you ever met your real mother?” It’s a small question carrying a very large assumption. A personal reflection on adoption, family and why other people don’t get to decide which of our relationships are real.

Pecksniff dusts off EAB’s European files * Ed Davey discovers cross-party consensus has its limits * Reform brings a leopard-skin fedora to local government

Reform wants to ask Suffolk whether it supports housing asylum seekers at RAF Barnham. But there's a question the party hasn't answered: if not Barnham, where should people awaiting asylum decisions live?

A very interesting series of comments. Already French & Spanish farmers are lamenting harvest situation so food imports to UK could well be constrained. Would you consider writing a letter to editor or an article about your points made? Be delighted to receive [email protected]

Once again retirement flats are in the news with the Financial Times stating they can be a 'miserable investment' (see 🧵) This was the experience of an Essex investment.

Would you be interested in writing a letter to the editor in regard of lodges, expanding on the issues perhaps of stamp duty avoidance (?) and re-sale conditions? We would be delighted to receive. [email protected]

What makes a mother “real”? Biology? Birth? Or the years of holding, protecting, caring and belonging that make a family a family? One adopted woman reflects on a question she has been asked too many times.

Can thoroughly recommend EAB's series "our place in Europe". Ahem 😉

Suffolk could spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a referendum about RAF Barnham. The result wouldn't bind the government, and the site could already be open by the time people vote. So what exactly would it achieve?

An adult adoptee reflects on the language we use about family, the assumptions behind it, and the right to tell our own stories | The Hidden Voice