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GCSEs are a pointless waste of time

A few facts. Last year almost 70% of 16 year olds achieved at least 5 GCSE passes with grades A*-C. ...

Asylum seekers: When the questions tell us so much more than the answers

For the last four years I've been paying my karmic dues (I would say "contributing to the big societ...

Thanks to The Sun, for enriching each of our lives

Those at the super-soaraway Sun are, yet again, making outlandish claims that they’ve changed the wo...

Dominic Lawson: For a nation of non-conformists it feels like we're in North Korea

The BBC has gone berserk with headlines such as 'People unite around Olympic flame'

Dominic Lawson: Don't blame Germany for not wanting to call Europe's tune

Angela Merkel has already gone far beyond what her electorate wants in terms of guarantees

Dominic Lawson: The fate of the euro is the chronicle of a death foretold

The outbreak of mutual blackmail exposes how the euro has made the nations more divided

Dominic Lawson: Can Europe survive its cavaliers?

Without devaluation, the only way the Greeks can restore competitiveness is to impose real wage cuts

Dominic Lawson: One thing unites Le Pen voters and the left – protectionism

Hollande, unlike the far right, is merely a paper tiger in the battle with international capital

Dominic Lawson: Class warfare in the age of philanthropy: Stop bashing rich people who give to charity

It pains some people to think of the pleasure

it gives the rich to tithe their income

Dominic Lawson: Freud knew what motivated the privileged class warriors

Any attempts by Labour to paint Cameron as 'out of touch' because of Eton are doomed

Dominic Lawson: Patriotism is why Thatcher's war won her the public's backing

The point is that the Falklands campaign was viscerally defensible on nationalistic grounds

Dominic Lawson: Do we really want to give politicians more to waste?

Political parties already receive considerable funding from the taxpayer

Dominic Lawson: No one willingly gives up a benefit, however indefensible

The anger of those who lose out is greater than the gratitude of those who continue to benefit

Dominic Lawson: The Olympics are about ambition, not national pride

Team GB could be called Team BG and it would make no difference to many representing it

Dominic Lawson: Let church and state agree to differ on gay marriage

There is no suggestion that same-sex marriages should be obligatory within churches

Dominic Lawson: Spare me this faux outrage at sex-selected abortion

It's not even obvious that these abortions are illegal. Those wanting them are indeed most distressed

Lord Lucan: one of those stories that will always sell newspapers

Dominic Lawson: My Lord Lucan episode shows why Murdoch has got it right

I was given an insight into the red-tops, for whom murder and celebrity are meat and drink

Dominic Lawson: Spare me these orgies of self-congratulation

We are decreasingly able to gain a sense of personal pride simply in knowing we have done a good job

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