Making sense of Bradford West
George Galloway's Bradford West victory may change the shape of British politics
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No longer “my” poor
Social distance has weakened the moral consensus at the heart of our welfare system -
Cover story: Who will break the big taboos?
Tax the elderly, reform welfare -
Stephen Lawrence and the politics of race
Why did the Stephen Lawrence story catch the public imagination so dramatically? There are countless miscarriages of justice every year, some of them just as serious, which most people have never heard of. Lawrence stuck mainly of course because it was a racial morality tale. Indeed from that day in... -
Imperial ‘Itch
Christopher Hitchens was a big and impressive figure. And the sheer scale of the commentary after his death is a testament to one of his most attractive qualities: his capacity for close friendship, especially among his fellow writers and journalists, the gatekeepers of the public domain. But the mainly admiring... -
The next big thing?
Blue Labour and Red Tory: the age of post-liberalism -
The riots, the rappers and the Anglo-Jamaican tragedy
Did hip-hop culture play a part in last week's riots? And do you have to come from the inner city to discuss its problems? -
The riots at the end of history
I tried to buy the Daily Mail this morning, because a friend had written something about the classes he runs in Peckham to encourage black kids to aim higher at school. I could not find one in the three newsagents I visited. A first sign of the backlash against liberalism?... -
A tale of three cities
How did George Galloway pull off his by-election victory this week? David Goodhart's report from Bradford reveals a town still scarred by segregation and decline -
Sporting life
Wharfedale has reached the third highest tier in rugby union without giving up its local roots. But how long can it keep it up?
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