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UK Politics
Leader: Have we learned nothing from the economic catastrophe of 12 months ago?
- 10 September 2009
- 2 comments
Without a proper reassessment of the role of finance in our economy, the crash could easily happen again
International Politics
Leader: In Afghanistan, political success remains as elusive as military triumph
- 03 September 2009
- 1 comment
The leaders of the coalition are now ignoring allegations of fraud and corruption that they have not tolerated elsewhere
Politics
Leader: Beware the coming anarchy and Labour’s denial of it
- 27 August 2009
- 4 comments
Chris Grayling's speech showed that he understands the coarsening of our public culture
Politics
Leader: The Lion of the Senate . . .
- 27 August 2009
He reminded the world why the Kennedy family's tradition of public service was so cherished
UK Politics
Leader: Daniel Hannan’s opinions on our health service are completely in keeping with the Tory mainstream
- 20 August 2009
It is Labour - not the Conservatives - that is the party of the NHS. Ministers have found a chink in the Tories' armour
UK Politics
How “winnable” is Afghanistan?
- 20 August 2009
- 1 comment
The government has failed to define "victory". Ministers should set a date for withdrawal of British troops
International Politics
Our military presence in Afghanistan is part of the problem, not the solution
- 13 August 2009
- 2 comments
Britain should follow Canada's lead and set a date for withdrawal from Afghanistan. It is time we accepted that we are losing this war.
UK Politics
Our opposition to torture must be non-negotiable
- 06 August 2009
- 2 comments
A series of disturbing revelations suggests that collusion and complicity in torture may be the darkest legacy of Britain's involvement in the "war on terror".
UK Politics
Trust the filly to go bonkers
- 06 August 2009
Economics research is on the side of the "literally bonkers" Harriet Harman
UK Politics
Let this be the fifth – and final – inquiry into the Iraq catastrophe
- 30 July 2009
The Chilcot inquiry must lead a revolution in honesty and tell us how Britain and the US came to collaborate on the most spectacular foreign policy catastrophe in living memory.
