Category Archives: UK

The Iraq war: 10 years on

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Domestic extremists and secret police

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Homo politicus (2)

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.  16 March 2013   HOW POLITICIANS REGARD THEMSELVES “There is, simply, no way of reconciling the … Continue reading

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Homo politicus (1)

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Secret courts and partitocracy

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Royalty and rendition

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Skydiving without a parachute

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Conservatism in a nutshell

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In praise of idleness

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Diamonds in the sand

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