Category Archives: Independent

Osborne gets a free pass on benefit proposals

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

George Osborne’s proposals to ban people who fiddle their benefits three times from claiming government money have had a lot of coverage today. It’s been in the Express, the Mail, the Independent (via PA), the Mirror, the Guardian, the Morning … Continue reading →

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Oh Johann

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

I usually really like Johann Hari’s columns. But when reading his latest, Obama’s escalating robot-war in Pakistan endangers us all, I found something a bit disappointing. He wrote: David Kilcullen is a counterinsurgency expert who worked for General Petraeus in … Continue reading →

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It’s not just the Express

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

The Express has rightly taken a lot of criticism for its foul front page yesterday. But while its effort is by some way the worst of the coverage of the Leeds study, that’s no reason to let the others off … Continue reading →

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