Laughing at Nicki Minaj’s Covid claim missed the point entirely
The rapper’s Twitter spat with Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty and Laura Kuenssberg may have been funny, but it was also…
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The Tories’ regressive social care plan gives Labour the space for a radical alternative
As the Tories ape New Labour by taxing work rather than wealth, Keir Starmer’s party must show that it understands…
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The Cumbria coal mine debacle shows the incoherence of UK climate policy
At a time when the UK is aiming for net-zero, coal from the proposed mine would emit 8.4 million tonnes…
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How I was expelled from Russia
Russia is entering a dark new period in which it no longer pretends to be a democracy.
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Why “the Biden doctrine” on foreign policy is here to stay
American voters have long supported increasingly isolationist presidents.
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This England: Weapon of choice
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s Richard II, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The US military arsenal now available to the Taliban
The Taliban may now be the only militant group in the world in possession of an air force.
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