Deal with the debt, George Osborne? You’ve hardly started
George Osborne has declared victory over Ed Balls, the IMF and all the others who warned that his austerity measures…
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From ‘Topics of the day’, The Spectator, 24 October 1914: That spies are a great danger at the present time,…
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If Turkey turns on the West, what hope is there for Syria and Iraq?
Turkey has long been a bridge between the West and the Middle East. Its record on free speech may be…
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Home Checks began at British airports for passengers who might have come from west Africa with Ebola fever (even though…