Labour should support free schools it invented them
The party will get back into government by having a better plan for the future, not by opposing changes that are working well.
View ArticleCameron and Clegg can go on together, despite suspicious minds
If the coalition needed romance to survive it would have ended long ago.
View ArticleThe elephant in the Oval Office: what Cameron and Obama can't discuss
The Prime Minister must hope against hope that Obama wins in November.
View ArticleOnce Upon a Time in Anatolia (15)
A corpse quest makes for handsome viewing, writes Ryan Gilbey.
View ArticleGay marriage: Cameron's battle begins
Determined to secure a legacy, the PM has picked a fight with his own voters.
View ArticleTesco chief to step down
Head of Tesco's UK business Richard Brasher will leave the retail giant after just a year.
View ArticleThe marriage business
Muslim men bring 12,000 brides to Britain each year. That leaves their female peers with a dilemma accept a part-time husband or turn to an agency that will check out a mans family (and his...
View ArticleA stimulus Osborne can live with
If the Chancellor won't boost infrastructure spending, tax cuts are the best alternative.
View ArticleDesert Island Discs (Radio 4)
Conspiratorial revelations keep Antonia Quirke hooked and thrilled.
View ArticleIn this week's New Statesman: The end of socialism
Education special: Andrew Adonis and Melissa Benn | The lost generation of 1992 | Jackie Kay short story
View ArticleLiving life in the fast lane
Lunch is for wimps: many of us relish giving things up occasionally.
View ArticleLeader: There is no good reason for our troops to remain in Afghanistan
The longer we stay in Afghanistan, the worse things will become.
View ArticleAssad's private emails show a leader in denial
On the anniversary of the Syrian uprising, private emails of Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma are published.
View ArticleIn the Critics this week
Fiction from Jackie Kay, Simon Kuper on Kevin McCarra, and the books interview with Etgar Keret.
View ArticleTube to be online during Olympics
Eighty stations will offer free wifi during the Games.
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