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Two arguments that are really not reasons for deciding on air strikes in Syria one way or the other: "It will make us a target"...

For all his undoubted cleverness, and ability to pull the unexpected out of his red box, George Osborne's autumn statement made frustrat...

This may at first sight to be an obscure topic for a blog post. I might not choose the relationship between time banks and the Department fo...

I have finally got round to watching The Imitation Game , and the acting is ferocious. Benedict Cumberbatch is completely convincing as Alan...

I am having one of those moments of disaffection which is the real experience of English middle class life these days. What do I spend mor...

I haven’t crowdf unded a book before. It has its embarrassing elements, asking friends and family for money for example – something I try h...

There may not be any obvious traction that the Lib Dems are bringing to themselves at the moment, no obvious attention from the media or spe...