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UK Politics
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.
International Politics
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.
Global Issues
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.
UK Politics
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.
UK Politics
Leader: After the riots, David Cameron has retreated into pessimism
- 18 August 2011
- 4 comments
"Zero-tolerance" policing is neither possible nor desirable.
UK Politics
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.
Africa
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.
Economy
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".
