Policing Northern Ireland
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After months of wrangling and pressure from abroad, and despite the opposition of the Ulster Unionists, justice and policing powers are now devolved to Stormont. What difference will it make?
Science cuts
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Scientists argue that they can lead Britain out of the recession - but only if politicians refrain from cutting their funding
Europe's super schools
Bagehot
The future of the BBC
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British politics
Ties that bind -
Scottish politics
Slouching towards Westminster -
Football finance
Colour revolutionDissatisfaction among the faithful followers of Manchester United
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Obituary
Phil ArcherPhilip Walter Archer, patriarch of Ambridge, died on February 12th, aged 81
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Obituary
Michael FootMichael Foot, politician and man of letters, died on March 3rd, aged 96
Budget date announced
The Budget will come on March 24th, Alistair Darling has confirmed. That makes May 6th, already the bookies' favourite for the election, even more likely
Northern Rock lost £383m in 2009, and 4% of its mortgage-holders have missed payments. But that represents a big improvement on losses of £1.3 billion the year before
America deliberately kept Britain unaware of its harsh interrogation methods, according to Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller, a former head of Britain's domestic spying agency
The road to Downing Street
Am I alone in finding last night's "Dispatches" on David Cameron oddly dated? More»
Of tontines and annuities
Let me start with a confession. I am a baby boomer, born between 1946-64. We have enjoyed all the benefits of rising share and house prices, and run up a lot of debt in the process. Many people fret that we are leaving a debt burden for our children. More»
John Lanchester's gloomy dissection of the prospects for the British economy (London Review of Books)
Allegations in a BBC report that aid money to Ethopia was siphoned off to buy guns should be investigated precisely because they are painful, says Rageh Omaar (Coment is Free)
Do women vote differently from men? Alison Wolf argues that they do (BBC)
Scots on the rocks
What really went wrong at RBS? And how can it be put right? More»
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The "eating the seed corn" analogy can be applied to each valuable service funded by the public. Of course each can give good reasons why they should be spared, but if no one tightens their belt, there is no corn, period. More»
Brown is still there because no one in the Labour Party wanted to be the fall guy who was going to lose the next election. More»
Michael Foot did not fail to come to terms with television. He was a star of the early phase, when it was a platform for ideas and debate. What he failed to understand was the second stage, when the visual dominated the spoken word. More»
The iPlayer was a bold, revolutionary step forward, which none of the BBC's commercial rivals were prepared to invest in. Even now, the quality of commercial offerings is poorer, especially in terms of usability, than the BBC's. More»
Scottish politics moves in long, slow arcs, unlike the "swingometer" politics of England. People change their voting choice very gradually. Fifty years ago, the Tories won a majority of the Scottish vote. They've been in decline ever since. More»