Tuesday 16 October 2012

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Great British Bake Off: big boys bake, too

Say it with flour (from left): John Waite, Paul Hollywood, Mary Berry, James Morton and Brendan Lynch

All-male final shows that making a cake is no longer just a woman’s job, says Rose Prince

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Europhiles have only themselves to blame

Michael Gove: the Education Secretary thinks we should tell Brussels: 'Give us back our sovereignty or we will walk out. We have nothing to be scared of'

Michael Gove speaks for many on the EU, argues Philip Johnston

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Squeezed parents cannot afford childcare

Thanks to Labour, we have a system that is both far too costly and far too cumbersome, says Elizabeth Truss

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Don’t honour a Brussels office block – give the Nobel to Maggie

Margaret Thatcher was hated as prime minister becase she was a woman claims Meryl Streep

Britain’s former prime minister has done far more than the EU to foster peace in Europe, argues Boris Johnson.

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MoD lobbying claims: The muck and the top brass

The fact that leading ex-servicemen were prepared to lobby the MoD on behalf of foreign arms companies is the latest example of the revolving door between Whitehall and the private sector, says Andrew Gilligan.

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Cameron’s winning the battle for Britain

Scottish independence: referendum details finalised next month

The PM has run rings round Alex Salmond over independence for Scotland – so far, reports Alan Cochrane.

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Countdown to Scottish referendum begins

We have two years to end the First Minister’s ambition of ushering in a tame and questionable new era, says Alan Cochrane

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Scotland’s decision matters to everyone

Telegraph View: The pro-Union campaign must make a positive case for the status quo

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MPs and the real world

Telegraph View: Many voters, when asked how much MPs should be paid, would instinctively reply: As little as possible

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Rain stops Conquest

Telegraph View: How different would our lives be if bad weather had prevented the Battle of Hastings

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How to meet and greet? The young are pretty clueless

My friend's niece thought that not kissing an older woman would have been a snub, writes Rachel Johnson

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Getting emotional is nothing to cry about

Charles Moore reviews Ian Hislop’s Stiff Upper Lip (BBC Two).

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Savile’s status as a celebrity blinded all of us to his actions

With showbiz stars in our eyes, we didn't see the horror unfolding around Jimmy Savile until too late, says Cristina Odone.

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'Compassionate Tory’ is not a contradiction in terms

The party’s tribal language can be an off-putting hybrid of technocracy, ideology, and embattled Blimpishness, says Matthew d'Ancona.

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The extraordinary challenges that will face newly elected Police Commissioners

Almost half of voters believe that new police commissioners will make no difference to the fight against crime, according to a new report, even though their election represents the “biggest shake-up” in the history of the service.

Victorious Police and Crime Commissioners must be ready to hit the ground running, writes James Taylor

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Why are so many adults convinced that Ritalin does children harm?

Children repeatedly exposed to anaesthetic while young showed a higher rate of ADHD - but doctors say the finding does not prove a causal relationship.

It's not Ritalin holding back children with ADHD, it's stigma, writes Ilina Singh

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Lynne Truss on pet personality tests

My dog is about to undergo a character examination. And he appears far more relaxed about it than I am

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The cut-off point for life

Men pronounce on abortion, but women live with the consequences, says Max Pemberton

'Winston Churchill's bitter battle with the BBC'

Two gigantic egos: Lord Reith always disliked Winston Churchill. After the war, he said: 'A whole lot of people could have done it better and more cheaply'

Nick Robinson recalls how Churchill finally came out on top in his long-standing feud with Lord Reith

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At last, Cameron gets the Right message across

Not only did the Prime Minister say that national recovery was not feasible without cuts in public spending, but he implied that the future spread of prosperity depended on reducing overall dependency and encouraging economic self-reliance

The Prime Minister and Mitt Romney now make similar claims: we want to extend wealth, not protect the wealthy, says Janet Daley.

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There’s no sense blaming the big six for soaring bills

Don’t rage about your gas bill this winter:shout at your MP about the need for a long-term energy strategy, says Martin Vander Weyer.

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Friends: The One with Dave's Laurels

'I’m not resting on my laurels – I’m recharging. It really takes it out of you, this speechifying,' said Dave to Sam

In the latest episode of our Westminster sitcom, Dave pats himself on the back for Sam's beauty and his charisma. By Robert Colvile

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It’s the book signings that separate the wheat from the chaff

At this time of year, the behemoths of the bestseller lists, the JK Rowlings and Salman Rushdies, emerge from behind their writing desks to bedazzle the book-buying public with their latest blockbusters

As Terry Wogan signed one of his the books for an eager buyer, he heard a passing customer inquire of an assistant: 'Who is that?’

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The murky 21st-century tale of Tommy Brock and Mr Grant

Under fire: the Government has called for a controlled cull of badgers to curb the spread of bovine TB

Fanatical resistance to the badger cull by the RSPCA and its boss should be investigated, argues Charles Moore

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A man so charming he won over his hostage

David Cameron may not like it, but he’s been hit by a hurricane

How the well-meaning West aids the despots

JK Rowling rejects the culture that made her great

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The sky’s not the limit

Telegraph View: Felix Baumgartner is the latest in a long line of adventurers who go to stratospheric lengths to find new frontiers to conquer.

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Aviation gridlock

Telegraph View: the delays over airport expansion are weakening Britain's global standing with every passing day.

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Taking the politics out of the abortion debate

Telegraph View: bpas is right that women who have abortions should not be shamed - but nor should those who suggest that there might be ways of doing things differently.

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The EU Arrest Warrant serves Britain badly

Telegraph View: Dealing with extradition cases costs the British state at least £27 million a year, and the crimes they deal with are often trivial

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Savile should have been stopped

Telegraph View: The BBC and the police have failed badly in their fundamental duty over the failure to expose Jimmy Savile

Wind of change

Root and branch clear-out: the Great Storm of 1987 destroyed many mature trees, but made it possible for more varied cultivation

Telegraph View: The Great Storm of 1987 had unexpected benefits

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Peace is a prize, but it was not won by the EU

The EU's crumbling currency union is provoking riots in Spain, demonstrations in Italy and the rise of far-Right movements in Greece

Telegraph View: The single gravest danger to peace in Europe is arguably the European project itself

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Andrew Mitchell must step down

Tory activists – and, crucially, MPs – are now actively scornful of Andrew Mitchell, and blame him for retoxifying the Conservative Party’s image

Telegraph View: The Chief Whip is now a laughing stock and a walking, talking embodiment of everything with which David Cameron would least like his party to be associated

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