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I'm beginning to think we need to get the hacking scandal into some perspective. I certainly don't want to diminish the seriousnes...

You cannot seek to bribe nor twist, Thank God, the British journalist; But seeing what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to. ...

I am very grateful, as I so often am, to Jonathan Calder's blog.  This time for the sad news that Sergeant John Sweet has died at the ag...

Watching the news last night left more than a nasty taste in the mouth (well, it often does, actually).  This morning I knew what it was - t...

The bad news : chief executive pay in the FTSE 100 increased by 55 per cent last year alone, accelerating the creation of an inflationary cl...

Julian Astle, Centre for Reform’s intellectual-about-town, has launched a hugely important debate in the Guardian . It is a critical questio...

Is it just me, or have the Lib Dems had a better week?  There is a sure-footedness about the party that suddenly seems to be more apparent, ...