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The Cumbria coal mine debacle shows the incoherence of UK climate policy
At a time when the UK is aiming for net-zero emissions, coal from the proposed mine would emit 8.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.“Coal, cars, cash and trees.” These are the four...
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How the freak economics of the Thatcher years warped boomers’ views on tax...
View the full image Those who lived through the oil boom have a distorted sense of today’s economic trends. But they’re the ones driving the social care debate.“To understand the man,” Napoleon...
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Sitting out 9/11 with Blink-182
On 12 September 2001, I sought refuge at the California home of the manager of the band Blink-182. The third world war was inevitable and its soundtrack was lightweight pop-punk. Flags and warships –...
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Tories fear voters won’t forgive Boris Johnson for his broken promises
The scenario alarming Conservative MPs is that the social care plan will fail and that yet more tax rises will be needed. An impatient Boris Johnson was pestering Downing Street officials...
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What do we remember when we remember 9/11?
Our remembrance of the 2001 attacks is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails Americans. Our remembrance of 9/11 is about the greatness of America; in the process, it fails...
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