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Turkey and China ‘helping Iran evade UN sanctions’

Turkey and China are helping Iran to evade UN sanctions by providing them with secret banking facilities to purchase goods, according to Western security officials. In an attempt to escape the effects of the wide-ranging sanctions imposed over Iran’s illegal … Continue reading

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Daley: Our leaders lost their hearts to focus-groupies

Who – or what – has had the most damaging news week in the English-speaking political world? David Cameron? Mitt Romney? The Republican Party? Andrew Lansley? NHS reform? In the medium- and long-term, the answer is “none of the above”. … Continue reading

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Jonathan Kay: Heartless Sino-Russian UN move is a massive realpolitik win for West (4)

Moscow and Beijing have jointly blocked a UN Security Council resolution that called for a “Syrian-led political transition to a democratic, plural political system.” The resolution was backed not only by the major Western powers — France, UK and the U.S. — … Continue reading

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Harper blasts western countries for complacency (13)

DAVOS, Switzerland – Prime Minister Stephen Harper set a bold vision for Canada on Thursday, using the European debt crisis as an example of why Canada must chart its own course to avoid a similar fate. Harper used the stage … Continue reading

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Oborne: In every area of our public life, the Left is losing the argument

It is now widely accepted that the years of New Labour government were an almost unalloyed national disaster. Whichever measure you take – moral, social, economic, or the respect in which Britain is held in the world – we went into reverse. … Continue reading

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Black: At year end, the world stumbles onward (1)

My year-end column will be a tour of the political horizon, with a reflection on the comparative virtues of good government. But anyone gripped by the fear that I am going to sermonize some treacle about civics at them has … Continue reading

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A day that changed the world (1)

It might seem, 10 years on, that little has changed: The US is still held responsible for all manner of wretchedness in the world, and Germany is still navel gazing, only breaking off to emit cries of moral outrage at … Continue reading

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Sandbrook: Capitalism in crisis, a warning from history

Exactly 80 years ago, international capitalism stood on the verge of meltdown. The collapse of the banking system in the summer of 1931 sent shockwaves through Europe, bringing governments to their knees and thousands out onto the streets. In the … Continue reading

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