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5 questions every supporter of intervention in the Middle East should ask
A few questions that every interventionist should consider.
Conservatives – the U-turns on devolution
It says all you need to know about the modern Conservatives that they are prepared to gamble the future of the United Kingdom based on electoral arithmetic.
What you need to know about Osborne’s working age benefit freeze
Your cut out and keep guide to today’sannouncement on freezing working age benefits.
George Osborne and a compendium of failure
Despite economic growth returning, the chancellor’s record is less rosy than he makes out.
Osborne plans to increase inequality in the UK
This is part of a plan to hit the poorest as hard as possible with benefit cuts whilst at the same time saying that if you can afford to save you need not pay tax at all.
Fiddling with flower pots – why real democracy means public ownership
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Another Tory housing gimmick
Cameron’s housing announcement is his latest attempt to wear Mrs Thatcher’s clothes.