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The Chancellor should look again at the merits of property taxes.
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Labour can use London as a base to offer an alternative to austerity.
View ArticleOur friend and ally, the Kingdom of Bahrain
The latest Human Rights Watch report makes for depressing reading.
View ArticleRachel Cusk and the difficult discipline of self-scrutiny
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Rush by buyers to take advantage of a stamp duty holiday before it expires pushes prices higher.
View ArticleJustifying infanticide
Both logically and emotionally, the line between abortion and infanticide is less clear-cut than it was.
View ArticleSomeone change the classical record please!
The government's approach to teaching culture in schools doesn't work.
View ArticleSyria: lessons from history for the west
Much more can be done short of an Iraq-style invasion.
View ArticleJulian Assange and Europe's Last Dictator
The former WikiLeaks chief will moderate a public discussion about Belarus, despite damaging the cause of democracy there.
View ArticleWhy we should be a little less pedantic
Sometimes the message is much more important than the words.
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including why Cameron should bring back the 10p tax rate.
View ArticleChart of the day: the Welsh question
Just seven per cent of Welsh voters support independence.
View ArticleRising coalition tension squeezes Labour out of the debate
The more Lib Dems and Tories feel licensed to air competing views, the more Labour looks short of things to say.
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