US presidential debate liveblog
Our US blogger Nicky Woolf is live-blogging the second presidential debate.Our US blogger Nicky Woolf will be live-blogging the second presidential debate, which starts at 2am UK time. Come back then...
View ArticleSelf-interest
NS columnist is the bookies' favourite for the Man Booker Prize.According to the latest bookmakers' odds, the New Statesman columnist Will Self is the favourite to win this year's Man Booker Prize with...
View ArticleWhat dog poo teaches us about drug policy
Why don't we let dogs crap on the street? Mostly because it's nasty.Matt Yglesias makes the point that the intersection between rules and norms isn't always clear cut. When you look at a public health...
View ArticleInflation hits lowest rate since November 2009
But hikes in food and energy bills put a dampener on the news. Inflation fell to 2.2 per cent in September, down from 2.5 per cent in August – its lowest in almost three years. The Office for National...
View Article3D printing: is it really all that?
It might not be ALL that, but it's most of that, writes the Big Innovation Centre's Spencer ThompsonMany people are extremely excited about 3D printing. The ability to print goods on demand using...
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Barack Obama and Mitt Romney debate in Hempstead, New York.
View ArticleQuote of the Day
Barack Obama on his pension. I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long. Barack Obama's choice retort to Mitt Romney after being challenged on foreign investments...
View ArticleMorning Call: pick of the papers
The ten must-read comment pieces from this morning's papers. 1. Ed Miliband is about to give Labour the shock of its life (Daily Telegraph) After his successful conference speech, the Labour leader is...
View ArticleThe trolls we despise are our own creation
To kill off the poisonous notions of celebrity, we have to stop giving it our attention and act civilly to each other.It’s easy to mock Paris Hilton. She is the scarecrow that embodies everything we...
View ArticleCharities warn Duncan Smith: 450,000 disabled people will lose out under...
Work and Pensions Secretary promised that there would be "no losers" under the new programme. "There will be no losers," Iain Duncan Smith said of his Universal Credit programme in November 2010. But a...
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Mitt Romney: "They brought us whole binders full of women"
Romney's debate anecdote, the response, and the fact it wasn't true.In last night's presidential debate Romney responded to a question about equal pay with an annecdote about how he went about...
View ArticleFive questions answered on Starbucks' low UK tax payments
What's the deal?The coffee giant hit the headlines yesterday after a Reuters’ investigation revealed Starbucks particularly low UK tax contributions. We answer five questions on Starbucks UK tax...
View Article"There has been no suggestion by any authority that we are anything but good...
Business quote of the day There has been no suggestion by any authority that we are anything but good tax payers. US coffee giant Starbucks, in response to an investigation by Reuters which found they...
View ArticleMy new campaign: Feminists For Yummy Mummies
If feminists are truly interested in representing all women, we can't just laugh at the idea of the "yummy mummy".I’m launching a new campaign to support much-maligned sector of society. Everyone, I...
View ArticleProfile: Bernard Arnault, France’s fickle billionaire
Thirty years of fleeing the French.The year was 1981 and François Mitterrand had just been elected the first socialist French President in 23 years. His "110 Propositions for France" included some long...
View ArticleGood news on unemployment - but will it last?
Unemployment has fallen to 7.9 per cent - but it's expected to rise next year. Ahead of the first PMQs since the conference season, the latest employment figures offer a much-needed boost for David...
View ArticleNews Corp and the BBC: a tale of two scandals
Saville, phone hacking, and business as usual. End of play yesterday saw two major media organisations, News Corp and the BBC, standing at very different points in their own separate scandals. The BBC,...
View ArticleCould the anti-BBC witch hunt over Jimmy Savile be payback for the Leveson...
The BBC has serious questions to answer, but there were other institutions that allowed Jimmy Savile to commit his atrocities, too.The unravelling of Jimmy Savile's reputation, from...
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McDonald’s sues Milan over “unfair” eviction
Landmark restaurant in Milan's iconic Galleria forced to close by the city. McDonald’s is suing the city of Milan for €24 million (£19.5m) in damages after being kicked out of the historic Galleria...
View ArticlePMQs review: Cameron's Andrew Mitchell problem isn't over
The Chief Whip gave the saga new life by shouting that he "didn't" swear at the police. It is a measure of how weak Andrew Mitchell's position is that David Cameron couldn't summon a word in defence of...
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