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Why we plan to strike on 30 November

Raising pension contributions is a hardship tax on public sector workers to pay down the deficit.

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In defence of renewables

Huhne is right on climate sceptics and "armchair engineers".

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Rioters, police, and sentimentality

Unclear thinking about social disturbances.

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Down the Tube? Up the social ladder

Public transport by name is increasingly exclusive by nature.

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A black and white issue

The culling of badgers is irrelevant, malicious and ineffective.

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Portugal: a case study in the politics of austerity

Portuguese workers face a bleak future but the country's weak, fragmented left has empowered the neoliberals.

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Defending the indefensible

Israeli liberals are increasingly gloomy so British 'progressives' are being mobilised to fight the country's corner instead.

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Boris, the police and the pre-dawn raid

Heavy-handed, politicised policing leaves our communities less secure.

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Pakistan’s memogate and the undermining of civilian rule

How the country's all-powerful military succeeded in bringing down the Pakistani ambassador to Washington.

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Confidence matters

The key currency for the Autumn Statement will again be confidence.

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Why we plan to strike on 30 November

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Raising pension contributions is a hardship tax on public sector workers to pay down the deficit.

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Osborne can stop voters worrying by learning to love the state

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Down the Tube? Up the social ladder

Down the Tube? Up the social ladder

Public transport by name is increasingly exclusive by nature.

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So many Tory MPs tried to buy Fox a drink in the Strangers' Bar that Cameron should be worried.

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Time for Plan B

Miliband's best defence of Plan B

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Who still thinks Britain should join the euro?

£1m donation

SNP boosted by record £1m donation

Iran and my critics

Iran, my critics and me

Benefits squeeze

Osborne squeezes benefits again

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