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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).
Doctors’ strikes are a matter of life and death for some. Why does Westminster allow them to drag on?
Striking junior doctors holding banners
Paul McNamee

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
Women holding a WASPI banner
Paul McNamee

The polarisation of public debate is getting us nowhere

Why The Big Issue has launched a new campaign to End Housing Insecurity Now
Illustration of people and houses
Paul McNamee

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

Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign
End Housing Insecurity Now
End Housing Insecurity Now

Big Issue calls for government to End Housing Insecurity Now with vital new campaign

Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians
Vivek Ramaswamy
Paul McNamee

Eminem, Ramaswamy, and the slim pickings from shady politicians

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking
Illustration of items to do with education: a brain, a lightbulb, an apple, a guitar
Paul McNamee

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking

Fifth force opens up a universe of possibilities
Particle accelerator at Fermilab
Paul McNamee

Fifth force opens up a universe of possibilities

Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future
Cyclists in a race - birds eye view
Paul McNamee

Cycling gives a fleeting glimpse of a brighter future

On men, women and the universal heartbreak of saying goodbye to our pets
A dog and a human looking at a sunset
Paul McNamee

On men, women and the universal heartbreak of saying goodbye to our pets

A quarter of a billion for a footballer? Just imagine what that money could do
Footballer Kylian Mbappe of France and Paris St Germain has been the subject of transfer speculation
Paul McNamee

A quarter of a billion for a footballer? Just imagine what that money could do

Unlike Nigel Farage, millions of people really are financially excluded – that's who the system is rigged against
Coutts
Paul McNamee

Unlike Nigel Farage, millions of people really are financially excluded – that's who the system is rigged against

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work
Paul McNamee

Immigration is inevitable. Let’s make it work

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