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He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
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Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
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Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
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We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
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Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
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The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
How Donald Trump betrayed himself
President Trump has forgotten what made him successful in the first place
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions