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Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
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The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
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A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
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Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
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It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
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Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
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As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
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The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician