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Sexless sex scandals are a Tory – not a Lib Dem – specialty, and other stories.
Today’s Diiary from the Independent
By Andy McSmith | McSmith | Friday, 1 March 2013 at 9:06 am
Boris Johnson, TUC, Andy Murray, Grand Slam – why are they trending?
What’s trending and why?
By Emily Jupp | Notebook | Tuesday, 11 September 2012 at 11:18 am
David Cameron, #FurryBear, LinkedIn, #DNA – why are they trending?
What’s trending and why?
By Emily Jupp | Notebook | Thursday, 6 September 2012 at 11:38 am
Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Frank Sidebottom, M&S, #Webindex – why are they trending?
What’s trending and why?
By Emily Jupp | Notebook | Wednesday, 5 September 2012 at 11:00 am
1998 redux: Romney channels spirit of Gingrich with Ryan but loses election
Fictional White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lynam was fond of a poll that showed that 68% of Americans thought foreign aid spending was too high, while only 59% believed it should be cut.
By Adam Bouyamourn | Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Thursday, 16 August 2012 at 11:43 am
Romney and Ryan: Can money buy any office?
Why Romney picked Ryan was the question observers of the American political scene have been asking ever since Willard Mitt Romney became the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States.
By Leighton Vaughan Williams | Notebook, Opinion, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 14 August 2012 at 9:45 am
Feminism is not a party political issue
A couple of years ago, Conservative Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Theresa May and Diane Abbott, Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Public Health were both proudly photographed in t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘This is What A Feminist Looks Like’ in a cross party display of support for the Fawcett Society’s 2006/07 ‘Feminist Challenge’.
By Caroline Mortimer | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 11:22 am
When politicians fight about who owns feminism, the whole debate gets hijacked
Can Conservatives be feminists? According to Harriet Harman, that’s not only a valid question, but a valid question to which the answer is a very decisive no.
Amber Rudd and Andrea Leadsome bristled understandably at Harman’s apparent claim to have ownership of feminism, but unfortunately they then proceeded to pen an article in the Guardian entitled “Conservatives [...]
By Louise McCudden | Notebook | Monday, 30 July 2012 at 8:00 am
Aidan Burley and why the Tory party need to tackle bigotry head on
This year has seen a string of catastrophic events, including significant errors made by government ministers, piling more pressure on Cameron – as with each occasion the buck ultimately stops with him – and once again his judgment is under the spotlight.
By Richard Sudan | Opinion | Saturday, 28 July 2012 at 4:04 pm
The Dark Knight Rises: Batman’s secret is adapting through the ages
Unsurprisingly, critics of various political persuasions are already rushing to pin down Dark Knight Rises as propaganda.
By Will Brooker | Arts, Film | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 3:10 pm
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