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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
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A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
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Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
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A new exhibition offers calm stillness — mostly
Calypso and carnage
A seismic Test series and a harbinger of a new force in Test cricket
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Fast cars fit for old-school stars
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
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The UK’s secret government propaganda unit dedicated to praising multiculturalism
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Regulating the rogue degree factories
Do universities have the resources and the will to monitor what is happening in their name?
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed