Violence has infected our politics
The murder of Ann Widdecombe has one lesson: both left and right need to detoxify our public discourse
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Strangers in our midst
Colin Grant once more brings us the voices of the British migrant experience too often ignored
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What George Cottrell knows about money laundering
Nigel Farage’s friend does him no favours
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Andy Burnham knows our nostalgia
Would my grandparents have been able to build such lives today?
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Labour’s iron discipline
Also: interviewing Binface, and why I prefer Shostakovich to the World Cup
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PMQs review: A farewell to Starms
The woeful attempts at footy banter were relentless
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Exclusive: Andy Burnham appoints No 10 policy chief
The appointee, Graeme Cooke, is seen as an intellectual ally of James Purnell
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With Burnham’s cabinet picks still unknown, MPs are struggling to control their anxieties
Culture change will require some “heads on spikes”, as one insider puts it
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