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Voters warn both sides of America’s divide - 21 hours ago
There has been a strange feel to American politics in the wake of Barack Obama’s landslide last...
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President Obama may seem to dither, but he is ready to strike - 3 weeks ago
There is a strange quality to Barack Obama’s pragmatism. It can look like dilly-dallying, weakness,...
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Miliband for Brussels, Mandelson for Labour - 6 days ago
Who is going to lead Europe? Who is going to lead Britain? The latest opinion polls have not...
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In grief, Dr Johnson unearthed wisdom - 1 week ago
This has been a year full of anniversaries, not all of them celebrated. In the history of the...
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A hung Parliament is hanging in the balance - 2 weeks ago
The issue of the Labour leadership has not gone away; it has become more acute. It seems obvious...
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It was the worst drug problem I ever had - 6 days ago
A report last week claimed that a growing number of people are taking LSD and other psychedelic...
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Nation, I implore you, don’t judge a man by his biscuit - 1 week ago
The ferocity with which Britain greeted Gordon Brown’s Biscuit Indecision has, I have to say,...
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Goodbye cruel world, I’m moving to the internet - 2 weeks ago
There are those who greatly fear the internet — and, really, who can blame them? It’s...
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Why I love paying tax - 3 weeks ago
Look, I can argue in favour of Tracey Emin until the cows come home. I like modern art. I think if...
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Dosh is the only thing that sticks to the likes of Teflon Terry - 21 hours ago
The reason we have a steadily growing problem with unemployment in this country is that Lord Burns...
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Like drunks in denial, MPs blow off truth about drugs - 1 week ago
A good friend of mine, an almost lifelong heroin user who, more recently, has diversified into...
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I suggest a night at the theatre, Mr Cameron - 5 days ago
On Friday morning David Cameron called upon David Miliband to apologise. On Friday evening I went...
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It’s not immigration we really fear. It’s change - 1 week ago
Overnight my inbox fills up with unsought mail. “Hair straighteners,” I was told yesterday, “are the...
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Ten steps to put Nick Griffin on the wrong foot - 2 weeks ago
Dear Question Time panellist, so you’re making history with Nick Griffin on Thursday. You can win,...
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The price of the ‘power tax’ is far too high - 3 weeks ago
That’s the life of the modern democratic leader for you, as illustrated by two statesmen in the...
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Three cheers for the death of old economics - 1 week ago
One of the few benign consequences of last year’s financial crisis was the exposure of modern...
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Get me a rope before Mandelson wipes us all out - 21 hours ago
I’ve given the matter a great deal of thought all week, and I’m afraid I’ve decided that it’s no...
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I’ve got a solution for the rainforest: napalm the lot - 1 week ago
I’ve spent the past couple of weeks in Bolivia, and I didn’t shoot a baboon. This is because there...
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