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The state we’re in - Britain should be one of the greatest

democracies on Earth. What went wrong? By Rory Stewart

On the ship of fools - George Walden From Johnson to Corbyn, our leaders are men without qualities

Amelia Tait

What my Polish granny taught me about refugees

James Bridle on

the rise of Bitcoin Yanis Varoufakis

on the fall of Syriza

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Leo Robson on Iris Murdoch



Betty Boothroyd on Corbyn and Europe