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David Davis interview: The next Conservative leader will be someone nobody...
The man David Cameron beat on why we should bet on a surprise candidate and what the PM needs to do after the referendum. “I’m tired,” says David Davis when I greet him. The former Conservative...
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David Cameron is enlisting a tactic from a Private Eye cartoon to get young...
CringeyMcCringeFace. Your mole was heartened to learn last week David Cameron is concerned about the youth vote in the upcoming EU referendum – so much so that he has recruited some bona fide yoof...
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As we reach the 50th anniversary of China's Cultural Revolution, are we...
With the official verdict being that Mao was “70 per cent good, 30 per cent bad”, his legacy is never far from the mind of today's politicians. The Great Hall of the People on the western side of...
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At last, Jeremy Corbyn gets the biography he deserves
Liam Young reviews Richard Seymour's Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics.Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics is the fullest and fairest account of Jeremy Corbyn’s rise released...
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As the Johnny Depp domestic abuse claims reveal, we are too quick to make...
The backlash received by Amber Heard for claiming she suffered abuse by her estranged husband is yet another reminder that men are always given the benefit of the doubt over the women they are said to...
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David Cameron calls Sadiq Khan a “proud Muslim” – after trying to link him to...
The PM has his best flipflops on. After months of backing the nasty racial politics of the Tory mayoral campaign, the Prime Minister has taken the bold move of sharing a platform with infamous...
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Is love necessary? Laurie Penny in conversation with Moira Weigel
The author of radical Marxist feminist text Labor of Love on emotional labour, finding freedom in relationships, and love's connection to work.Laurie Penny: So Moira, your book, Labor of Love, is a...
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The first godless US election
America’s evangelical right has chosen Donald Trump, who hardly even pays lip service to having faith. There has never been an openly non-Christian president of the United States. There has never been...
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Is Britain about to leave the European Union?
A series of bad polls have pro-Europeans panicked. Are they right? Is this what Brexit looks like? A batch of polls all show significant movement towards a Leave vote. ORB, a phone pollster, has Leave...
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The best Instagram accounts to follow if you love space
As new space findings hit the news on an almost daily basis, the app offers an alternative window onto the universe. If there’s anything that can break us away from the humdrum monotony of modern...
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Debunking Boris Johnson's claim that energy bills will be lower if we leave...
Why the Brexiteers' energy policy is less power to the people and more electric shock. Boris Johnson and Michael Gove have promised that they will end VAT on domestic energy bills if the country votes...
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New Harry Potter and the Cursed Child pictures: an analysis
What do the new cast photos tell us about what we can expect from the Harry Potter play? With the first public performance only a week away, the team behind Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have...
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I’m a man with bulimia. But too many like me are unable to address their...
A failure to understand that eating disorders can strike anyone, at any time, can make it harder for people to accept they have a problem and start asking for help. What was it about George Osborne’s...
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Who's winning the European referendum? The Vicar of Dibley gives us a clue
These polls seem meaningless, but they reveal things more conventional ones miss. At the weekend, YouGov released some polling on 30 fictional characters and their supposed views on Brexit. If you...
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The rise and rise of “zoonotic” diseases: why are animals more likely than...
More deadly diseases transmitted from animals are on the way, a new report shows – and they will disproportionately affect developing countries. So how do we fight back? It was only when I read a...
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Why an expanding middle class is no guarantee of political freedom
Wealth creation, the free market and a bourgeois way of life are not a package deal. In fact, they can, and often are, at odds with each other. One the most distinctive writers on economics in recent...
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In this week's magazine | How men got left behind
A first look at this week's issue.How men got left behind3 - 9 June issue Cover Story: How men got left behind. Owen Jones on the quiet crisis of masculinity. Guest Column: John McDonnell makes the...
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She is a beauty and he a beast; I can’t not intervene
I’ve got to say something before the train doors open. But what? So I’m sitting on the Tube, on those mini-banquettes on the Bakerloo Line that, excitingly, run transversely to the line of travel. (To...
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Six things we learned from Vice’s documentary on Jeremy Corbyn
Seumas Milne should steer clear of casinos, signed apples are on their way, and Team Corbyn needs a spycatcher. Jeremy Corbyn and his inner team are the subject of a new Vice News documentary,...
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To ignore someone’s educational background isn’t “fair play” – it perpetuates...
Privately educated people claiming they want job applications to remain “class-blind” are simply endorsing an unfair system stacked in their favour. Privilege is a very complicated thing, as privately...
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