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Tuesday 3 May 2011
Royal wedding: why hate Will’n’Kate? Friday’s shindig revealed the extent to which the isolated monarchy has thrown its lot in with celebrity culture.

Wednesday 27 April 2011
Tescophobia: a new middle‑class malady The chattering classes’ weird hatred of Tesco reveals the elitism of modern-day consumer activism.

Thursday 21 April 2011
This Easter, try to avoid the Gospel of Grayling The underlying message of the New Atheists’ ‘secular bibles’ is far more soul-destroying than anything in the original Good Book.

Thursday 14 April 2011
Attack on Libya: a war led by no one As the various bombers of Libya disavow responsibility for the overall military mission, there’s no telling how this will end.

Monday 11 April 2011
Banning the burqa: an assault on freedom Unfortunately, both France and some of its critics seem driven by a desire to police people's thoughts.

Wednesday 6 April 2011
Northern Ireland: a zombie IRA and zombie government The killing of Ronan Kerr exposes both the moral turpitude of republican dissidents and the opportunism of Northern Ireland's rulers.

Monday 4 April 2011
Killing Bono: on the wrong side of history However much serious rock critics fantasise that U2 were rebellious rockers, the truth is ‘the kids’ rejected them.

Thursday 31 March 2011
Yes, this is a humanitarian war — that is what makes it so deadly No more terrible fate can befall nations like Libya than to become objects of Western liberal pity.

Tuesday 22 March 2011
The most shortlived alliance in human history Normally when governments launch a war they ask: ‘What's Plan B?’ In relation to Libya they're asking, ‘What’s Plan A?’

Monday 21 March 2011
Attack on Libya: the barbarism of buffoons The bombings confirm that there is now an utter disconnect between the West’s geopolitical interests and its geopolitical behaviour.

Tuesday 8 March 2011
spiked: still pointed after all these years On spiked’s 10th birthday, editor Brendan O’Neill explains why we plan to keep on fighting our war of words against illiberalism and misanthropy.

Monday 7 March 2011
Libya and the birth of modern warfare A key military centenary should explode the myth that Libya is a mess simply because Gaddafi is mad.

Wednesday 2 March 2011
The real reason you should say no to AV Never mind the pro- and anti-AV lobbies and their less-than-inspiring debates – here is why all democrats should reject the alternative vote.

Tuesday 1 March 2011
The horrors of an ethical foreign policy The radical activists calling on David Cameron to ‘be more ethical’ in the Arab world have learnt nothing from history.

Friday 25 February 2011
Wikileaks vs the world: you couldn’t make it up! Wikileaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy presents itself as a serious book penned by real Guardian journalists... but it is surely the greatest spoof ever written about the self-obsessed media.

Tuesday 22 February 2011
Five reasons why Libya’s revolt will shake the world Even more than Tunisia and Egypt, the inspiring rebellion against Colonel Gaddafi’s regime shows that nothing is permanent.

Friday 18 February 2011
The twitch-hunting of Kenneth Tong The man who caused a storm and outraged Rihanna with his pro-anorexia tweets tells spiked why he did it – and why he has no regrets.

Tuesday 15 February 2011
Egyptians don’t need yet more lectures... …whether from Western politicians telling them they aren’t ready for democracy or radicals praising them for resurrecting ‘real politics’.

Tuesday 8 February 2011
The Egyptian uprising: ‘why now?’ and ‘what next?’ Those two questions are torturing observers, who are so obsessed with the mechanics of the revolt that they have missed its historic importance.

Wednesday 2 February 2011
The truth about the Muslim Brotherhood Secularist politics is weak in Egypt partly because the Brotherhood was often used as an attack dog against it.
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