Paul McNamee, Author at Big Issue

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Paul McNamee

Paul McNamee is the first Editor to manage The Big Issue across all national and regional editions as well as online. A regular media commentator, Paul has been named Editor of the Year three times by PPA Scotland, and was named British Editor of The Year in 2013 and 2016 by the BSME (British Society of Magazine Editors).

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Paul McNamee

Shane MacGowan spoke for outsiders and those left behind. There are no others quite like him

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Paul McNamee

Education isn’t an exact science – but proper investment is vital

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Paul McNamee

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?

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Paul McNamee

There is always a choice between wedge politics and human decency. There is always another way

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Paul McNamee

The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side

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Paul McNamee

In these constant waves of crisis, Big Issue is needed more than ever

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Music

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn’t look away

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Beer

If Keir Starmer wants to beat the climate deniers, he should warn them about beer

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Paul McNamee

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead

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Paul McNamee

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?

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Paul McNamee

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere

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Opinion

Shane MacGowan spoke for outsiders and those left behind. There are no others quite like him

Education isn’t an exact science – but proper investment is vital

Was that a cabinet reshuffle or just Rishi Sunak shuffling deckchairs?

There is always a choice between wedge politics and human decency. There is always another way

The NHS is in crisis – and time is not on its side

In these constant waves of crisis, Big Issue is needed more than ever

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn’t look away

If Keir Starmer wants to beat the climate deniers, he should warn them about beer

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead

Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now

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