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Jonathan Lis / September 20, 2019
The obscenity of the prime minister’s behaviour neither begins nor ends in the law
Jonathan Mellon / September 20, 2019
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Rachel Sylvester / September 19, 2019
The Labour leader’s stubborn refusal to take sides on the biggest question of the day...
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Paul Wallace / September 19, 2019
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Ray Monk / September 5, 2019
The passing of this eclectic and questioning man in his prime allowed the narrower and...
Barbara Speed / September 4, 2019
The government's story of falling vaccination rates isn't the full picture
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Mathematician Caucher Birkar won by a landslide—but who else made the top ten?
Tom Clark / September 3, 2019
Tens of thousands voted to choose the world’s top thinker from the 50 names we...
Sameer Rahim / September 3, 2019
Interestingly, the names conjured were strikingly different from the kind of thinkers...
Peter Foster / September 2, 2019
London has spent three years refusing to confront the real Brexit choices on offer. Will...
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Ed Miliband puts forward a radical green agenda, and argues that it's time to bring the Green New Deal home. Plus: Rory Stewart on English moderation, and Angela Saini uncovers the return of scientific racism
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