The Naked Spur
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I wrote a novel to expose the shallowness of the gallery system, but my biggest target was myself
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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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In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
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The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
NATO’s Ankara moment
NATO’s middle powers must not depend so heavily on the USA
An indefensible defence policy
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In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
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The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
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With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
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