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Eat the Rich: A digestif?

Tax is back on the political agenda. But, as always, the parasites in Westminster just don’t get that they are talking about our money
by Simon Miller - 24 May 2013
Cameron is losing this civil war

So far we have seen little to suggest that Mr Cameron has what it takes to win back the trust of real Conservatives, to reunite the Party under with a clear vision, or win the next election
by Miles Windsor - 24 May 2013
Elections in Equatorial Guinea will underwrite oppression

Equatorial Guinea, a tiny nation on Africa’s central western coast, bears a distinction above any other country in the world – the world’s longest-serving dictator
by Jon Perdue - 24 May 2013
Italy’s electoral law: the rolling pin and the pigsty

The one thing everyone agrees on is that the Italian electoral system needs to change and that it should be a priority of this government. No one, of course, is agreed on what changes are necessary
by Tim Hedges - 24 May 2013
Israel’s report on the Al Durrah affair

Combat zone reporters have the responsibility of bringing us news; not a political statement that fits someone else's politics or nationalism
by Nick Gray - 24 May 2013
Elections won’t change Iran

The events of this week remind us that the Islamic Republic remains a harsh theocracy – and that almost certainly won’t change no matter who prevails in next month’s “democratic election” for President
by Lawrence J. Haas - 23 May 2013
If a party must be fit for power, Ukip's not fit for purpose

If Farage can’t or won’t cut a deal, and his forecast of an ill-wind blowing in from Romania and Bulgaria fails to materialise, he’ll soon be back to straightening out our cucumbers, not our country
by Richard Ferrer - 23 May 2013
What we know about the brutal Woolwich attack

There's plenty we don't know about yesterday's attack and the circumstances surrounding it. Here's what we do know
by Ghaffar Hussain - 23 May 2013
The children of Anwar Al-Awlaki

Yesterday's horrific attack in Woolwich would appear to confirm that the jihadist war against the West is heading in a worrying new direction
by Jeremy Havardi - 23 May 2013
Four reasons to applaud Apple’s tax planning

Here are four things you need to know about Apple's tax planning
by Daniel J. Mitchell - 22 May 2013
America's new isolationists are endangering the West

Obama’s multilateralism and a growing trend for Republicans to turn their backs on the world pose a grave security threat
by John Bolton - 22 May 2013
When elections are free and fair - broadly speaking

US foreign policy and any claim to moral leadership have plummeted under the current U.S. administration - never more so than in the case of Iran
by Charles Crawford - 22 May 2013
Hawking hatred

Could a man of such prodigious intellectual talent as Stephen Hawking really be so wrong? Of course he could
by Douglas Davis - 21 May 2013
First principles on wealth and economic growth

The first principles on wealth and economic growth throw a stark light on the shift in relative wealth going on in the world today
by John Phelan - 21 May 2013
The internet, like the press, works best when left alone

Governments the world over are meddling with the free flow of information, requiring constant vigilance by citizens
by William Rinehart - 20 May 2013