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Giles Fraser is the Robert Nozick of journalism.

Daniel Pryor explains the importance of humility in dialogue and in writing. In last week’s column, I discussed the late American philosopher Robert Nozick’s scathing critique of Eric Hobsbawm’s...

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Britain is not a police state. Yet.

The past week’s events ought to be the catalyst for restoring civil liberties  The arrest of David Miranda and destruction of The Guardian’s hard-drives was such a bizarre event that it has become...

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Spooks & The Press: Journalism’s Future

Information tug of wars between the Guardian and GCHQ: What is the future for Investigative Journalism? The detainment of David Miranda, partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, under schedule 7...

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The left are angry at MP Philip Davies for saying what we are all thinking

The recent furore over MP Philip Davies was caused by comments he made in the introduction of a speech that presented a wealth of evidence that the criminal justice system treats women more leniently...

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Owen Jones Won’t Refute the Failings of Venezuelan Socialism

Social Media this week has been ablaze with nonsense and stupidity, specifically from The Guardian’s Owen Jones and the leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn. The former is wholly incompetent at...

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Comment: Bah Humbug… Holidays are coming

It’s CHRISTMAS!! As Noddy Holder from Slade once said back in the 1970s. Slade’s mortal rival at this time, Wizard, declared that ‘I wish it could be Christmas every day’ despite that proposal being...

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