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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
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Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
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Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Censors create martyrs
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A second Northern Ireland?
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Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
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Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.