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Is Britain on borrowed time?
As decades of borrowing have left public finances exposed, a sovereign debt crisis is a real risk
Germany’s judges have spoken. Should the EU be worried?
Germany’s Constitutional Court challenges whether the ECJ can decide the extent of its own power
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
That viral Reddit post does not say a lot about society
Don’t confuse your caricature of your outgroup for the real thing
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
A Laboured response
Keir Starmer and his advocates are all out of ideas
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Why nationalisation is not the answer to our problems
Planning, not privatisation, is the big problem with our water