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We’re so used to freedom of speech being a fundamental right that we forget it’s also vital that some jobs are reserved to people who freely surrender…

Mar 17

January 2023

Politicians struggle to gain a reputation for straight-talking. But whose fault is that?

Jan 28

In its current form, the NHS is in danger of becoming an insoluble problem

Jan 10

October 2022

Once again the financial markets need protecting from their own genius

Oct 5, 2022

September 2022

Some would say the accession of the new King has gone without a hitch

Sep 20, 2022

Pannick in Downing Street as Boris faces contempt charge

Sep 3, 2022

August 2022

Should a life be saved in order to prolong a death?

Aug 9, 2022

July 2022

An important decision is being made in a very ham-fisted way

Jul 19, 2022

May 2022

One can only hope it is the sound of Waterloo that the players’ unions are hearing.

May 21, 2022

And the loser is ... someone else

May 4, 2022

April 2022

Pretty much everyone seems to think the Chancellor’s wife got it wrong. But why?

Apr 10, 2022

March 2022

Lawyers are not always as innocent as they might wish us to think they are

Mar 30, 2022

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