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I agree with Hugh Grant on hacking, but I’m still a fan of Rupert Murdoch
15 April 2011

Will the younger Murdoch prove he’s inherited Rupert’s sharp instinct for running newspapers and und

UK Politics
Middle England didn’t march – it couldn’t afford the train fare
07 April 2011

Middle England wasn’t at the TUC’s march on Saturday because it cares more about its tax credits tha

International Politics
When disaster strikes, remember: this is not your drama
31 March 2011

From 9/11 to the Japanese tsunami, it seems to be modern nature to want to find tenuous personal lin

Education
Comprehensive shouldn’t mean incomprehensible
24 March 2011

Jamie’s Dream School, the TV programme currently trying to inspire school “failures”, could

UK Politics
Why rail against “benefits cheats” when the system encourages them?
17 March 2011

The right might complain about the welfare state, but the left don’t want to talk about it at all.

UK Politics
Behind the Black Door
17 March 2011

Sarah Brown’s memoir of public relations.

Society
Think you’re getting a good deal? Read the small print
03 March 2011

A competitive market in everything from telecoms to insurance means the seemingly low prices that co

International Politics
The SAS rescue of British citizens? More like corporate citizens
03 March 2011

What intrinsic merit does someone who happens to hold a British passport have over a Bangladeshi or

UK Politics
We cannot afford the “big society”
24 February 2011

David Cameron might claim that he wants to make it easier for people to volunteer but, with the publ

UK Politics
The great petrol price squeeze
17 February 2011

The urban elite don’t realise how hard rising fuel costs are hitting the country.

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