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Editorial image for "It's All Ours" — Late in 2009, Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative parliamentary candidate and…

It’s All Ours

Late in 2009, Zac Goldsmith, the Conservative parliamentary candidate and environmental adviser, gave a speech in which he sought to answer the question, "How should we spend our collective wealth?"
February 18, 2010
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Editorial image for "Al-Qaeda warns India of future attacks" — A bomb attack outside a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune on…

Al-Qaeda warns India of future attacks

A bomb attack outside a German bakery in the Indian city of Pune on Saturday has received remarkably little coverage here in the UK. It killed eight people and injured a further
February 16, 2010
Editorial image for "Chopin: Pitch Your Tents Now" — There is a bone of contention about Chopin: his date of birth.

Chopin: Pitch Your Tents Now

There is a bone of contention about Chopin: his date of birth. Some say 22 February, others 1 March. This gives carte blanche to the bicentenary celebrations to spend an extended period
February 16, 2010
Editorial image for "Do Commercial Colossi Lack Common Sense?" — Sir Alan Ward, always the most charming and entertaining of appeal judges…

Do Commercial Colossi Lack Common Sense?

Sir Alan Ward, always the most charming and entertaining of appeal judges, is 72 today and seems to be getting demob happy. How else can one explain the glorious flights of rhetoric
February 15, 2010
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Amnesty Int. & Megagreed Plc

Imagine an evil corporation; let us call it Megagreed plc. A worker with a fine and principled record speaks out about its directors associating with men who propagate a criminal ideology that
February 14, 2010
Editorial image for "False 'Sumptions" — Jonathan Sumption QC may have a brain the size of a planet but that hasn't…

False ‘Sumptions

Jonathan Sumption QC may have a brain the size of a planet but that hasn't stopped his clients in the British government from distancing themselves from the infamous letter he sent to
February 12, 2010
Editorial image for "Denis MacShane MP Letter to Amnesty" — Denis MacShane, the Labour MP for Rotherham and staunch defender of free…

Denis MacShane MP Letter to Amnesty

Denis MacShane, the Labour MP for Rotherham and staunch defender of free speech and human rights, has sent a letter to Amnesty International's UK Director, Kate Allen, regarding the organisation's decision to
February 10, 2010
Editorial image for "Did Anwar al-Awlaki really change after his arrest?" — The al-Qaeda theorist Anwar al-Awlaki has an expansive network of…

Did Anwar al-Awlaki really change after his arrest?

The al-Qaeda theorist Anwar al-Awlaki has an expansive network of supporters in the United Kingdom. My colleague Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens has produced an authoritative report on the matter for the Centre for Social
February 9, 2010
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