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The austerity vs. growth argument is hotting up
22 May 2012

The G8 and eurozone summits show that leaders still have a long way to go.

UK Politics
Cameron's UKIP headache is self-inflicted
28 April 2012

The fringe party of Eurosceptics could become big enough to prevent a Tory majority in 2015.

International Politics
The summit where everyone lost
11 December 2011

European leaders are claiming victory, but nothing has been resolved. And Britain is in the worst of all possible world.

North America
Canada’s realignment of the left
03 May 2011

The breakthrough of the socialist NDP means that Labour finally has a strong sister-party in North America.

The Staggers
How austerity and the financial sector broke Portugal
09 April 2011

It did everything the fiscal hawks wanted – and still had to ask for a bailout.

International Politics
After Portugal, what next?
26 March 2011

The EU’s bailout fund should not make billions from member states’ misery.

UK Politics
Prisoner voting rights can make prison work
04 February 2011

The best way to put prison conditions on the political agenda is to give prisoners the vote.

UK Politics
Andrew Neil is right
31 January 2011

It’s time to break open the political class.

UK Politics
Lessons for the left in 2011
11 January 2011

Don’t underestimate Cameron and get lucky.

International Politics
The false logic of the deficit zealots
23 December 2010

Right-wing leaders in Europe risk leaving a generation on the scrapheap.

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