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11 August 2016 1:00 pm

Those who want to revive grammar schools are accused of ‘bring backery’ — the unthinking idea that the past was…

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6 August 2016 9:00 am

The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…

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4 August 2016 1:00 pm

The Daily Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that Michael Spencer, the chief executive of Icap, has been blocked for a peerage…

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30 July 2016 9:00 am

At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…

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28 July 2016 1:00 pm

At the beginning of his war memoirs, Charles de Gaulle famously wrote, ‘All my life I have had a certain…

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16 July 2016 9:00 am

On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…

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14 July 2016 1:00 pm

On Tuesday night in London, I spoke to Women2Win, a Conservative organisation dedicated to recruiting more women candidates. My title,…

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9 July 2016 9:00 am

Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…

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7 July 2016 1:00 pm

Before she was murdered, Jo Cox MP had written most of a report. She worked on it jointly it with…

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2 July 2016 9:00 am

It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…

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30 June 2016 1:00 pm

It sounds logical that Vote Leave should now disband, since the people have obligingly voted Leave, but is it wise?…

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25 June 2016 3:00 am

Commentators have complained about this referendum — its ‘lies’, bad manners, bitterness. Without exactly disagreeing, I would nevertheless argue that…

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23 June 2016 2:00 am

Commentators have complained about this referendum — its ‘lies’, bad manners, bitterness. Without exactly disagreeing, I would nevertheless argue that…

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18 June 2016 9:00 am

The Remain campaign takes as its model the ‘No’ one in the 2014 Scottish referendum. First and last — hence…

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16 June 2016 1:00 pm

The Remain campaign takes as its model the ‘No’ one in the 2014 Scottish referendum. First and last — hence…

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9 June 2016 1:00 pm

One of the most influential and learned figures in the British European debate is Rodney Leach. In the 1990s, he…

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4 June 2016 9:00 am

‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…

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2 June 2016 1:00 pm

‘No one can seriously deny that European integration brought an end to Franco-German conflict and has settled the German question…

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28 May 2016 9:00 am

Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…

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26 May 2016 1:00 pm

Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…

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14 May 2016 9:00 am

One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…

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12 May 2016 1:00 pm

One of the many problems with David Cameron’s threat that leaving the European Union could plunge us into war is…

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7 May 2016 9:00 am

The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…

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5 May 2016 1:00 pm

The comparison between the referendum questions — that asked in 1975 and the one which we shall be asked on 23…

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30 April 2016 9:00 am

‘England in effect is insular, she is maritime, she is linked through her interactions, her markets and her supply lines…