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Sunset ahoy?

Thursday May 17, 2012

‘Fat tax’ proposals are rising to a sinister crescendo. But is there a glimmer of hope in, of all places, Scotland? Tom Miers reports

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Parliament of Whores

Wednesday May 16, 2012

PJ O’Rourke’s book explains how democracy really works, says Eamonn Butler. But what should we do about it?

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Does turnout matter?

Tuesday May 15, 2012

Tom Miers argues that voters understand democracy better than politicians and should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to vote

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Freedom of tweets

Thursday May 10, 2012

Dennis Hayes argues that seeing speech, even in its ‘tweeting’ form, as ‘action’ always leads to censorship

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A new disease brought to you by the National Trust

Tuesday May 8, 2012

Paul Williams describes the laughable “Nature Deficit Disorder”

Smoking

Into the big bad world

Thursday May 3, 2012

Simon Hills would rather his teenage girls didn’t smoke. But there are worse things…

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Don't leave it to the Commons!

Thursday April 26, 2012

Eamonn Butler proposes three principles to guide reformers of the House of Lords

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Denying democracy

Wednesday April 25, 2012

Martin Cullip argues that the London mayoral candidates were wrong to refuse public debate with the BNP

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Sexists on the sex trade

Monday April 23, 2012

Paul Williams argues that traditional moralists and radical feminists are as bigoted as each other when discussing porn and prostitution

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The encroachment of authoritarianism

Thursday April 19, 2012

Despite its initial good intentions, this government is continuing to undermine our freedom, says Stuart Waiton

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No freedom without trust

Tuesday April 17, 2012

Peter Lloyd argues that trust between governed and government is essential in a successful liberal democracy