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Vote Leave was the most successful electoral campaign in British history. Against the opposition of all three political parties, it…
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Vote Leave was the most successful electoral campaign in British history. Against the opposition of all three political parties, it…
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Given all the outrageous things that Donald Trump has done and said already, why has he got into so much…
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Given all the outrageous things that Donald Trump has done and said already, why has he got into so much…
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Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…
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Birmingham Checking in to my hotel room on the 18th floor, for the Conservative party conference here, I opened the…
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Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…
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Mathias Döpfner, the extremely tall, extremely intelligent head of Axel Springer, is unusual in the generally conformist German business elite…
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When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…
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When I read that Martin Roth, the director of the V&A, was resigning from his job because of Brexit, I…
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When you vote in Britain, there is a relaxed feeling in the polling stations. This is a long-established part of…
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When you vote in Britain, there is a relaxed feeling in the polling stations. This is a long-established part of…
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Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…
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Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…
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The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…
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The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…
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At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…
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At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…
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On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…
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On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…
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Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…
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Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…
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It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…
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It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…
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Commentators have complained about this referendum — its ‘lies’, bad manners, bitterness. Without exactly disagreeing, I would nevertheless argue that…
