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Asserting mastery over their future selves is a feature of mastectomy, not a bug
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Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Hippo critical
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Sometimes look on the bright side of life
We should welcome the more culturally affirmative moments of pessimistic and condemnatory commentators
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
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The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
Hector Savage
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