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Freedom and security
It is good to see the Guardian suddenly rediscover its interest in the sanctity of a free press. Just five…
Along the wrong lines
We would not want to return to the days when the transport secretary was actively engaged in the running of…
Causes and effects
When spending money is declared to be a good in itself, it is certain that much of it will be…
Frack the South
David Howell never really succeeded as energy and then transport secretary in Mrs Thatcher’s governments. After she sacked him in…
Net loss
It is not quite clear what Google did to David Cameron, but the Prime Minister seems to be exacting some…
The cash myth
According to popular wisdom on the left — and even among some in the Conservative party — this ought to have been…
Labour pains
Ed Miliband’s relationship with Len McCluskey was defined in a brief camera shot at the Labour party conference in 2010.…
Lessons from Egypt
Democracy and holding elections are not the same thing. There could be no better demonstration of this than the experience…
