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Demanding Muslims be more anti-Islamist than the rest of us is a non-starter
Research suggests the areas of England with the greatest use of assessments have also seen the sharpest rise in reported suicides
Since 1991 more than 500 black or ethnic minority people have died as a result of interaction with police, prison or immigration officers
Local councillors, harangued or forgotten as they so often are, are in many cases the finest public servants we have
The Commission must understand the necessity of using UK-made steel in our key infrastructure projects
Those who are genuinely interested in countering Islamist terrorism need to encourage dissenting voices in the Muslim world
The US military alone is the single largest user of petroleum in the world
Compared to other global cities London has very little control over fiscal matters
Scottish Labour has ‘a mountain to climb’ say pollsters
The Stop the War Coalition event in Parliament on 2 November was only the latest in a series where they have tried to exclude Syrians from discussion of their own country
