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April 2025

Taxing Us Dry
In which I let off steam after completing my tax return.
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Laura Dodsworth
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Saint Laura and the Hilltop Epiphany
The Free Mind goes to nearly 15,000 subscribers in 122 countries.
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Laura Dodsworth
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Truth on Trial
The danger of groupthink, the failure of leadership, and the price we pay for pretending not to know what everyone knows
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Laura Dodsworth
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Why we do what we do
Why do we do what we do?
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Laura Dodsworth
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Is Britain Losing Control of Its Own Destiny?
As foreign ownership of key industries grows, is it time to rethink some aspects of protectionism
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Laura Dodsworth
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March 2025

The Vanishing Mother - thoughts before Mother’s Day
Renowned feminist and author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently disclosed that her twin boys were carried and birthed by a surrogate mother.
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Laura Dodsworth
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Hospices at Risk: The Unintended Consequences of the Assisted Dying Bill
Take Action: write to your MP today to protect hospices and vulnerable lives
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Laura Dodsworth
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Revisiting the Numbers: Professor Simon Wood on the statistical flaws of the UK’s Covid response.
Simon Wood works as a professor of statistics at the University of Edinburgh.
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Laura Dodsworth
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The Ghoulish Haste of the Assisted Dying Bill
The UK’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is being rushed through Parliament with unsettling speed.
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Laura Dodsworth
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The Devouring Mother After Divorce
When love becomes a psychological leash
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Laura Dodsworth
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Keir Starmer’s Call to Arms: Why should we trust a government that has failed us at home?
Keir Starmer’s recent announcement that the UK is prepared to deploy troops and aircraft to Ukraine has sparked controversy, and for good reason.
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Laura Dodsworth
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