The war on democracy
From the Chagos Islands to Pakistan, innocent civilians are pawns to America, backed by Britain. In our compliant political culture, this deadly game seldom speaks its name.
Gingrich wins in South Carolina
Republican candidate race opens up as Romney loses out
Miliband and Balls have fallen into a Tory trap
Without a focused and consistent message, any political party is stuck. Yet Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and their shadow cabinet colleagues seem fixated by an agenda of “cuts and credibility” set by Cameron, Osborne and the Conservative Party.
To Labour’s surprise, Cameron refuses to play the villain
The PM has a record of expressing uneasiness about the ugly side effects of an unbridled market economy.
NHS is heading for the "perfect storm"
Hamish Meldrum, head of the BMA, says Andrew Lansley is forcing unworkable, unprecedented “efficiency savings” on doctors — very much against their will.
The benefit cap: what does it mean and why is it unfair?
Peers are to fight plans to cap benefits at £26,000, despite public support. Here is everything you need to know.
Thatcher shaped Labour's left as much as its right
And the left should stop letting itself be boxed in by the Iron Lady's legacy
Time to pull the plug on this unloved health bill
Deliberately or not, the NHS is being set up for failure
These reforms will harm disabled people
Why is the government deaf to our concerns about changes to the Disability Living Allowance?
Newt Gingrich loses his cool over "open marriage" accusations
The Republican candidate may have shot himself in the foot with last night's tirade.
Full transcript | David Cameron | Speech on "moral capitalism" | New Zealand House, London | 19 January 2012
"We should use this crisis of capitalism to improve markets, not undermine them."
Full transcript | Ed Miliband | Speech on the economy | OXO Tower, London | 10 January 2012
"My message today is only Labour can deliver fairness when there is less money around."
Stephen Lawrence's killers found guilty
Gary Dobson and David Norris, two of the original suspects in the racist murder, finally found guilty after 18 years.
Full transcript | Nick Clegg | Speech on the "open society" | Westminster, London | 19 December 2011
"Liberals pay people the compliment that they know what is good for them, without ideological instruction."
To Labour’s surprise, Cameron refuses to play the villain
The PM has a record of expressing uneasiness about the ugly side effects of an unbridled market economy.
Miliband and Balls have fallen into a Tory trap
Without a focused and consistent message, any political party is stuck. Yet Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and their shadow cabinet colleagues seem fixated by
A spot of Milibother
Mutterings are growing louder over the stuttering performance of Ed Miliband.
Dog-whistling on migrants and benefits
Tory ministers Chris Grayling and Damian Green are manipulating the facts to suit their agenda.
The Doors
Greil Marcus’s latest foray into criticism fails to persuade that the bloated “tragic” myth of Jim Morrison and the Doors merits all the attention it gets, writes Stuart Maconie.
The Books Interview — Chad Harbach
Beyond Human Nature: How Culture and Experience Shape our Lives
Mother nurture
Sport Italia: the Italian Love Affair with Sport
Fields of glory
The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky | How Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
We are not gadgets
Why Leveson is right to allow anonymous witnesses
Sometimes, anonymity is necessary in the public interest. That does not justify the tabloid's prurient use of unidentified "friends".
Why the Times should apologise over NightJack
The emerging questions over the hacking of a blogger's email account.
Why the hacking of NightJack matters
The Times finally admits that a blogger's email account was hacked.
Salman Rushdie pulls out of Jaipur Literature Festival
The writer will not be attending after death threats.
Your Democracy
Everything you want to know about your MP, the Lords and the UK’s main political parties. Plus, browse debates from 1803 to the present day.
The UK could already be back in recession, say forecasters
The Item Club and the CEBR say Britain is in a double-dip recession. Where is the government's plan for growth?
Could pseudo-science fund cancer research?
The geeks are on the march with increasingly vocal and co-ordinated calls for an end to crystal healing and the rest.
Why I will be voting for Newt Gingrich
I intend to do my bit to ensure the best possible outcome of the presidential election in November.
Osborne called it wrong on private sector employment
New figures show that the private sector isn't making up for public sector job losses.
Who are Standard and Poor's and why should we care?
The credit ratings agency has warned it could downgrade all 15 eurozone countries. Why does this matter?
Endeavour (ITV1)
When you've run out of ideas, don’t write a prequel, suggests Rachel Cooke.
Run with the dogs tonight
Leo Hollis moves to the suburbs and discovers a new kind of vibrancy.
Time to apologise
Vulture capitalism
On The Iron Lady
On Occupy London
In pictures
...talks to Mehdi Hasan
Why the NightJack hack matters
The Times and NightJack
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