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View ArticleLet's not pretend that Diane Abbott's comments were genuine racism
The MP was stupid to refer to "white people", but her tweet has been taken out of context.
View ArticleWhen Ed called Diane
The moment Miliband called Abbott while she was being interviewed live on Sky News.
View ArticleA necessary fudge?
Assisted suicide should be illegal but tacitly permitted -- not legal under certain rigorously-enforced conditions.
View ArticleHitchens archive: The Daily Mail does it again
In this article from 2 February 1979, Hitchens excoriates the Daily Mail and the right-wing press in general for their lack of "honest journalism" in covering strikes. He had recently returned to the...
View ArticleHitchens archive: Colonel Ghadaffi's Libya
In this 1976 article, Hitchens reflects on a dictator on the ascendant.
View ArticleHitchens archive: Sir David's Flying Wedge
Following the death of Blair Peach in 1979, Hitchens writes about the policing of protests.
View ArticleHitchens archive: The Greek Lesson
After the junta fell, a portrait of a country in turmoil as hopes for democracy were crushed
View ArticleHitchens archive: The state of Spain
Hitchens reports from Madrid in 1976, following the death of Franco.
View ArticleGlasman said what many in Labour are thinking about Ed Miliband
Anxiety in the party about the leader's strategy of creeping up quietly on the coalition is building into a crisis.
View ArticleWeb Only: the best of the blogs
The five must-read blogs from today, including Boris's questionable response to the Macpherson report.
View ArticleColin Myler named editor of New York Daily News
Myler returns state-side as editor of New York Daily.
View ArticleImproved performance in the service sector
Economists say businesses should be reassured that contraction over winter will be short lived.
View ArticleWindfall from London airports to be shared amongst BAA's shareholders
Accusations of "profiteering" as BAA plans a windfall payout to its investors.
View ArticleIn defence of Ed Miliband (and Maurice Glasman)
It's time to stop looking at today's politics through the lens of the 1980s and 1990s, Blairite and Brownite.
View Article14 jobs to go as Ipswich Star scraps Saturday edition
Regional media group Archant to relaunch Ipswich Star.
View ArticleThurlbeck says Leveson should spark 'tabloid revolution'
Neville Thurlbeck warns that tabloid newspapers are out of touch.
View ArticleNews Int gears up for iPad focused digital launch
News International to launch new iPad project.
View ArticleHave you missed Herman Cain?
The one-time Republican presidential hopeful is back and on the road.
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