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Leader: In praise of the pugnaciously independent class of 2010

  • 15 September 2011

The new intake of MPs has a reassuring tendency to defy the whips. The NS has profiled some of the brightest and best.

Leader: The government must allow the truth about torture to be heard

  • 09 September 2011
  • 6 comments

Britain will not be seen as a force for good until it has atoned for its past sins.

After a decade of war, the west is weak and in retreat

  • 01 September 2011
  • 23 comments

Western leaders no longer proclaim their desire to reorder the world.

Leader: If EU students get free tuition in Scotland, English ones should

  • 25 August 2011
  • 38 comments

It is absurd that EU students receive a free university education in Scotland, while UK students pay full fees.

Leader: What next for Libya?

  • 25 August 2011
  • 2 comments

Leader: After the riots, David Cameron has retreated into pessimism

  • 18 August 2011
  • 4 comments

"Zero-tolerance" policing is neither possible nor desirable.

Leader: It is too simplistic to blame the coalition’s cuts for these riots

  • 11 August 2011
  • 61 comments

The terrifying speed with which the violence spread suggests a complex and profound sense of social alienation.

Leader: David Cameron has led us into another military quagmire

  • 04 August 2011
  • 8 comments

Just 13 MPs voted against military action in Libya. Many more must now wish they had.

Leader: Hard reads

  • 04 August 2011
  • 1 comment

Leader: With growth so feeble, Osborne must face his failure

  • 28 July 2011
  • 4 comments

It is unacceptable for the Chancellor to dismiss his critics as "deficit deniers".

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
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