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Syria: A war without a purpose
There is something deeply disturbing about switching on the television and finding Jack Straw talking about the need to take…
Portrait of the week
Home Parliament was recalled four days early to debate military action against Syria, which David Cameron, the Prime Minister, had…
Barometer
Your name here Supporters of Merthyr Town Football Club objected to having their ground renamed the Cigg-e Stadium in a…
Letters: Peter Hitchens vs Nick Cohen, and the case against the middle class
Piggies in the middle Sir: Your feature ‘The strange death of the middle class’ (24 August) assumes that young people…
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The Guardian didn't care when Murdoch's journalists were arrested. So why the hysteria now?
It is good to see the Guardian suddenly rediscover its interest in the sanctity of a free press. Just five…
Portrait of the week
Home The cost of the HS2 railway line was expected by some in the Treasury to rise from £43 billion…
The FA's 99.6pc conviction rate, and other weird facts
We will remember them A German diplomat called on Britain to commemorate but not celebrate the centenary of the Great…
