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You can’t fight racism by ignoring facts

19 May 2012
Rod Liddle

Was there a ‘racial’ or ‘cultural’ angle to the crimes committed by those nine exclusively Asian men from Rochdale sentenced to between four and 19 years in prison for sexually…

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High life

19 May 2012
Taki

Miami Beach I thought it a good time to visit,…

Low life

19 May 2012
Jeremy Clarke

Listening to the BBC news and current affairs programmes, you’d…

High life

12 May 2012
Taki

New York So, Sarko and Bruni are out, Hollande is…

Low life

12 May 2012
Jeremy Clarke

The day after her 96th birthday, and three days before…

High life

5 May 2012
Taki

New York I have settled into my Bagel routine as…

Low life

5 May 2012
Jeremy Clarke

I arrived at the hilltop crematorium an hour early. The…

3 September 2011

‘Up for Grabs’ shouted a notice at the ticket office…

27 August 2011

Ever since the Franco/British-led intervention against Gaddafi in March, the…

13 August 2011

If it is any consolation to David Cameron, the last…

6 August 2011

In the ‘peace camp’ in Parliament Square last week, a…

30 July 2011

Why do those of us who support capitalism use that…

16 July 2011

Before we leave the subject of the News of the…

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The Chilcot inquiry is too early to really savage Tony Blair

6 August 2011

Apparently Sir John Chilcot is likely to be ‘critical’ of Tony Blair in his long-awaited report into the Iraq war. We know this, or think we know it, because the Mail on Sunday has told us as much, in some detail. How does the Mail on Sunday know? It is odd of the committee to leak its findings, but I suppose that must be what has happened. Perhaps they are gripped by committee-envy, annoyed that other investigative committees have recently stolen their thunder and prominence, and wish to set up some advance publicity for the publication of the report.…

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