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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
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The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
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Eine kleine Berlinermusik
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Cry sod Harry, England and St George
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Canis lupus labor
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Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom