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Is Alex Salmond really the best man to speak for Scottish independence?

Carl Packman
22 August, 2014

Today is the anniversary of the Battle of the Standard, where the Scots under King David battled Norman English forces. Fast forward to 2014 and Alex Salmond claims to lead the Scots. They could do better.

What Philip Hammond ought to tell the Ecuadorian foreign minister about Assange

Carl Packman
19 August, 2014

The Ecuadorian foreign minister wants to talk to Philip Hammond about Julian Assange – this is what our foreign minister should tell him.

Boris’ Europe report: what can we learn?

Jenny Jones
16 August, 2014

Good for rich investors and big business, less so for everyone else.

Salmond fails to get Commonwealth boost

Ed Jacobs
14 August, 2014

Alex Salmond’s hopes of a Scottish bounce as a result of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow have been dashed.

Play the world’s smallest violin for Mark Simmonds MP

James Bloodworth
12 August, 2014

What planet does the MP for Boston and Skegness actually live on?

The Men Who Made Us Spend review: how consumerism took over

Oliver Williams
11 August, 2014

A new three-part BBC documentary takes aim at the culture of consumerism that has become predominant in our lives.

Here’s why the government’s Youth Contract failed

Simon Bunney
8 August, 2014

To prevent young people being left stranded and disillusioned on the dole, we need to move away from ‘one size fits all’ approaches.

Boris fever highlights the undemocratic nature of ‘safe seats’

James Bloodworth
7 August, 2014

As the case of Boris Johnson demonstrates, safe seats are treated like aristocratic estates.

The image of the British Tommy is an iconic one, but doesn’t tell the full story

James Hallwood
6 August, 2014

Black, Indian, Chinese, gay, mixed race – all fought for a country at a time when it treated them as second-class citizens.

Boris’s message is more popular than you think. The left must be ready for it

James Bloodworth
6 August, 2014

In assuming the public simply likes Boris because they find him ‘funny’, critics misunderstand his appeal.

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