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unconquered by a
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The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Ice and fire
Ben Stokes has had a truly exceptional career
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism
Ditching ancient traditions is not progress
Uniforms, oaths, titles, offices are the joints that hold together the structures of the state
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
An unpleasant man, and a genius
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The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections