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Policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous UK

Policing the innocent, ignoring the riotous

16th August 2011
How the burqa became a symbol of freedom World

How the burqa became a symbol of freedom

19th May 2011
We don’t need to be saved from the ‘demon drink’ Politics

We don’t need to be saved from the ‘demon drink’

23rd March 2011
Freedom Bill: good news and bad news Politics

Freedom Bill: good news and bad news

14th February 2011
Spain: the people’s war to stub out conformism World

Spain: the people’s war to stub out conformism

19th January 2011
Now even clowns are spied on by the state Books

Now even clowns are spied on by the state

7th January 2011
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Send in the clowns: Britain’s bizarre new laws

29th December 2010
Police on the verge of a nervous breakdown Politics

Police on the verge of a nervous breakdown

25th November 2010
Meet the Spaniards fighting to stub out authoritarianism World

Meet the Spaniards fighting to stub out authoritarianism

21st October 2010
Why Sarkozy has declared war on his own population World

Why Sarkozy has declared war on his own population

13th September 2010
A licence to interfere in our everyday lives Politics

A licence to interfere in our everyday lives

6th September 2010
A public intellectual vs the privacy infringers Books

A public intellectual vs
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13th August 2010

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In defence of privacy Books

In defence of privacy

30th July 2010
Don’t tinker with the vetting rules: scrap them Politics

Don’t tinker with the vetting rules: scrap them

8th July 2010
Defend the Republic! Ban the burqa! World

Defend the Republic! Ban the burqa!

19th May 2010
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The rise of the Carbon Fat Cats

27th November 2009
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