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Welsh Labour is doomed
New scandals will speed up its decline into irrelevance
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A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
The Boston barbarians
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Let’s scrap the Table Tax
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Self’s the man
Will Self can be absurd and obnoxious — but also highly entertaining and insightful