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Leading article: A dilemma for the Commonwealth
Monday, 23 November 2009
For most Britons, the Commonwealth is little more than an historical curiosity. We forget that many countries in the developing world take their membership seriously, and that the number of would-be members continues to grow. The annual summit of heads of government that opens this week in Trinidad and Tobago, for example, is expected to judge the application from Rwanda. In one sense, it is a compliment to the Commonwealth that this ex-Belgian colony, historically very much part of francophone Africa, is seeking to join.
Leading article: The Dome's decade
Monday, 23 November 2009
More than a quarter of a million people will this week watch eight top tennis players at the ATP World Tour Finals at the 02 Arena in London. Few of them are likely to pay much attention to the fact they are sitting in what once was known as the Millennium Dome.
Leading article: Next stop, Copenhagen
Sunday, 22 November 2009
It was, of course, the IoS wot won it. Our "No, non, nein" campaign against Tony Blair ensured that he was not chosen as the first President of the European Council last week.
Safe and boring – but new EU line-up does the job
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Leading article: With Van Rompuy and Ashton, Europe passes its first post-Lisbon test
The heavy hand of Rome
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Leading article: The Pope has undermined the Archbishop's authority in the midst of a struggle for the very future of Anglicanism.
Leading article: Spirit on the water
Saturday, 21 November 2009
The Environment Agency has called it a "once in a thousand year" flood. And the impact of this week's unprecedentedly heavy rainfall in Cumbria has certainly been severe. Scores of people have had to be evacuated from their inundated homes. More than a thousand have been left without electricity or hot water. A policeman was killed after being swept away when a bridge collapsed.
Leading article: The Afghan strategy is finally beginning to shift
Friday, 20 November 2009
The West is looking to create the conditions that will allow withdrawal
Leading article: A technological answer to cheating
Friday, 20 November 2009
Irish and English football fans find themselves united in sporting disgruntlement. In 1986 England were eliminated from the Mexico World Cup with the help of an outrageous Diego Maradona handball. And this week the Republic of Ireland were bundled out of their World Cup qualification play-off against France in Paris when the French striker, Thierry Henry, controlled the ball with his palm to set up a French winner. The "hand of god" has been succeeded by the "main de dieu" in the pantheon of sporting injustice.
Leading article: Bad taste
Friday, 20 November 2009
"I Think women are really good at multi- tasking", says Kate Moss in an interview with the fashion news website WWD. Very true. But, sadly, Ms Moss does not seem to have mastered the art herself. For later in the same interview she manages to use her mouth, but not her brain.
Leading article: A Queen's Speech that could be more than electioneering
Thursday, 19 November 2009
There is still life in this Parliament, if all parties can agree to work
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