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Blowing bubbles
In opposition, George Osborne said that you cannot borrow your way out of a debt crisis. In government, he has…
Drawing the lines
Every opposition leader sometimes needs to act as a saboteur. Ed Miliband showed his wrecking skills this week, picking a…
The end of Aids
In a week in which the world is once again invited to consider the prospect of climatic Armageddon, it would…
A climate glasnost
Next week, those who made dire predictions of ruinous climate change face their own inconvenient truth. The summary of the…
Saving the BBC
Three years ago, our columnist and former editor Charles Moore was summoned to Hastings Magistrates’ Court to pay £807 for…
The right man
By conventional wisdom, Tony Abbott should not become Prime Minister of Australia this weekend. He ought to be too conservative,…
A war without a purpose
There is something deeply disturbing about switching on the television and finding Jack Straw talking about the need to take…
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…
