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Obama is charting a new course in the Middle East. Can he succeed?
When it comes to its new goals for the Middle East, is the US still overestimating what it can achieve?
Free schools performing WORSE, according to Ofsted
Free schools are underperforming compared to all schools inspected by Ofsted.
For young black people to fulfil their potential, we cannot focus on racial inequality alone
We must address issues of class and social mobility that are holding people – of all colours and identities – back, writes Chuka Ummuna.
The decision to end naval ship building in Portsmouth was political
There was more than a whiff of politics last week as BAE systems took the decision to end ship building in Portsmouth in favour of the Clyde.
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Hong Kong: no free market paradise
Hong Kong is often cited by the right as an example of the success of free markets. Look beneath the surface, however, and things aren’t quite so rosy.
Why a bad deal on Iran is a nightmare scenario
Israel’s worst fear is the P5+1 signing a deal that leaves Iran closer than it can live with to a nuclear bomb.
John Major is right – but the problem isn’t only private schools
John Major is right to talk about the dominance of ex-private school pupils in public life. The problem is bigger than that, though.
Did cowardly Cameron chicken out over plebgate?
David Cameron was prepared to sacrifice a cabinet minister rather than face down the police.
Convicted in Bangladesh – what it means in the UK
This week one of Britain’s most prominent Muslim leaders was found guilty of war crimes during Bangladesh’s war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.