Today we took a step towards mob rule – and the only thing we learned is that politicians' tax returns are dull
Public figures are being bullied to reveal the tax they pay by those who will never have to do the same. That is profoundly wrong
Public figures are being bullied to reveal the tax they pay by those who will never have to do the same. That is profoundly wrong
The discovery of a hate literature against Ahmadi Muslims at a London mosque is chilling, but it does not infer the emergence of an internecine war in Britain
But critics will warn those hungry for a mile-high tower that they should heed the warnings of Babel
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Transparency is not the best response to the Panama Papers, however popular a policy it might be
Saracens flanker and Space for Giants supporter on his retirement plans
Inheritance tax is a losing issue for the left and the right, despite raising a mere quarter of 1 per cent of GDP
Offshore law firms are ripe for scrutiny. Journalism, the Church, politicians and bankers have all come under the microscope – but the turn of the legal profession's upper commercial echelons seems never to arrive
Muslims don't talk about difficult things related to relationships and sex. On a religious level, it's seen as taboo and on a more practical level, some British Muslims don't share the native language of their parents
The Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician has endorsed Goldsmith, but he's not a figure the Richmond MP should want to be associated with at the ballot box
Missing from the couple's visit will be remembrance or even utterance of the Bengal Famine, where three million people starved to death in part because the British government under Churchill's stewardship decided to divert food away from the region and send it to British troops instead
What you learned from listening to Marks talk about his mindset, and why he got into the drugs trade, tells us more than a thousand hours of earnest anthropological study
Like the Indignados movement, protestors gathering in Paris feel excluded from mainstream politics. Becoming a part of the establishment won't help them meet their demands
The revelations raise new questions about the government's appetite for the removal of basic rights to privacy
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