Pick of the week: Keeping the faith

"People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy." - Mikhail Bakunin View this email in your browser The weekend is almost here so we've picked out our most-read items of the week for you to catch up on. In the newsletter today, we have: A report on a change to the Psychoactive Substances Act A piece which suggested that the rise in identity politics has led to the class struggle being forgotten A look at new figures which show a big drop in the number of people wanting to study in the UK long-term  A piece which suggested that a new fly-on-the-wall documentary of Jeremy Corbyn's leadership shows why the future looks bleak for Labour And our most-read item which argued that the church still has a vital role in society. Those who applaud the decline of the church will miss it once it's gone   On Jun 03, 2016 10:39 am From food banks to homeless shelters, thousands of people rely on services provided by the church Read more... » The future for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party looks increasingly bleak   On Jun 03, 2016 10:40 am New documentary reveals increasingly insular and paranoid operation around the Labour leader Read more... » An act of national self-harm: Foreign students stay away following Tory attack   On Jun 03, 2016 10:40 am The Home Office has succeeded in making the UK an unattractive destination for foreign students Read more... » The left's obsession with identity politics causes a new injustice   On Jun 03, 2016 10:41 am Without accounting for the impact of class, identity politics will give rise to another injustice Read more... » Very quietly, Home Office backs down on Psychoactive Substances Act   On Jun 03, 2016 10:42 am There is now a glimmer of reason in the Home Office approach to the new law Read more... »     Opinion Former videos   A living resource for speech and language therapists   On May 26, 2016 05:16 pm RCSLT's Communicating Quality Live - guidance and resources to support all RCSLT members in meeting the standards of the regulator, the HCPC. Read more... »     Facebook Twitter Website Copyright © 2016 Senate Media Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at www.politics.co.uk Our mailing address is: Senate Media Ltd 18 Vine Hill London, EC1R 5DZ United Kingdom Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences