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Joseph Charlton

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Joseph Charlton previously worked as a news reporter and assistant comment editor at the Independent, as well as media adviser to Evgeny Lebedev.

Jim McMahon, Labour’s candidate in Oldham West

Corbyn activists head to Oldham to prevent Ukip by-election defeat

Sending 'elite' teachers to seaside schools... is actually a good idea

Boris Johnson

Back to Boris – silent assassin, talented bitcher, next Tory leader

The road to hell: an entry into the ‘Jungle’, the temporary camp outside Calais that is home to thousands of refugees

Refugee crisis: What life is really like inside the 'Jungle’ in Calais