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If gay couples can have civil partnerships, so must straight couples
17 May 2013 07:21 PM
Plus: Ordeal by 'Question Time' (sorry, my words on how it would feel to leave the EU were ill-chosen) and how I met a cabbie with top Tehran gossip
There's no question about it: the UK must remain in the European Union, whatever Boris says
10 May 2013 04:38 PM
Plus: Strangers among the Conservatives; make hay while the party is in disarray and a delicious detail missing from the National Theatre's 'This House'
Britain is a chumocracy, no matter what the Old Etonians might argue
03 May 2013 06:58 PM
Jesse Norman's appointment, and his explanation for it, leave much to be desired
Home Secretary Theresa May should tell us something we don’t know about Qatada
26 April 2013 07:08 PM
Bold as brass, our Home Secretary told parliament she believed the UK Government should abide by the rule of law. Well, fancy that!
Our London-centric, lopsided economy is damaging the recovery and trapping people in poverty
19 April 2013 05:41 PM
Everyone knows in these areas that work is the best route out of poverty, but making that a reality without addressing regional issues is a recipe for social disease
A Political Life: In many ways, Margaret Thatcher made me the person I am today
12 April 2013 06:24 PM
Aside from my own conversion to socialism, it was Section 28 that turned me against Thatcher permanently. Plus, recalling parliament sets an unnecessary precedent
We’d moved on from New Labour long before David Miliband said he was going
29 March 2013 07:07 PM
David was a great boss for the 10 very enjoyable minutes that I was a minister at the Foreign Office
A Political Life: Watch out, England – Wales is ahead of you in more than just the rugby
22 March 2013 06:25 PM
Plus, surely Tony Hall can't run the BBC and sit in the House of Lords?
A Political Life: Parliament still has two years to run, but what has the Coalition got to fill it?
15 March 2013 06:22 PM
At the moment, it’s the Empty Parliament – a legislative programme that is a void and an economic policy devoid of a strategy for growth
A Political Life: Beware the candidate who’s brandishing a mug of tea or a pint of beer
08 March 2013 07:00 PM
Plus, a Caracas hospital with a busy patient
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'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Bloody attack brings terror to capital’s streets
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Mothers' diets may harm IQs in two-thirds of babies
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Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
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Eyewitness gives extraordinary account of her confrontation with Woolwich attackers
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Woolwich attack: The EDL might have a sinister plan as a soldier is murdered in suspected Islamic terrorist attack
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Edward VIII’s phone calls - and how MI5 bugged them
Sent down at the Old Bailey
Hollywood's random acts of red-carpet kindness
British football scores an own goal
James Lawton
Dylan Hartley talks tough
Watch out Watford: Here comes the secretive Bilderberg Group
'The ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system'
Plenty of sleaze
The Freemasons’ Code
Not secure any more: G4S boss heads for exit at last
How to say ‘I’m a sellout’
Why clubs are keen to take a stand
In the end the fans decided Tony Pulis had made a pig's ear of the job at Stoke City
James Lawton: The James Hunt I knew is the subject of a new F1 movie
