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Why did all these sceptical officials go along with the Iraq invasion?

Crispin Black: Eliza Manningham–Buller knew the war would increase the domestic terror threat. Yet she failed to raise the alarm

Bad translation makes fundamentalists of us all

Marie Dhumières: Religious phrases are scattered liberally throughout Arabic languages. The secret to translating is not to take them literally

Clegg and Cameron's illiberal 'Big Liberal Society'

Richard Grayson: Local councils already provide much of the structure of a democratic liberal state, but they lack power and money

Why I won't pay for St Paul's

Theo Hobson: It isn't just meanness that makes me resent having to pay an entrance fee to visit places of worship like St Paul's Cathedral

Talking with the Taliban

Heather Hurlburt: There's no immediate prospect of top Taliban negotiating with the US, but Washington talk about the issue is still relevant

In defence of cocoa futures trading

Seth Freedman: If you're going to attack capitalism, go the whole hog rather than scapegoating speculators for the rise in the cocoa price

Stop stonewalling deaf jurors

Cathy Heffernan: For the UK jury system to work it needs to prioritise inclusivity – and that means allowing deaf people to sit as jurors, too

Poll

Underestimating your audience

Stephen Fry has had another dig at the quality of programming on British TV. After accusing it of infantilism, he has now given an interview in which he says that audiences are smart, 'even though you wouldn't believe the BBC thinks so'. Is he right?

(88%)

(12%)

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