Marriage is important for everyone, rich and poor

Marriage continues to be a vital force in our society, holding together millions of families.

Vladimir Putin: Not, in fact, a Tory

If Putin wants to be seen as a defender of “traditional values” and “spirituality”, then why the diplomatic cosiness with the likes of China, Cuba and North Korea?

Heresy of the week: On the whole, medieval Christianity was good for science

While we associate the Greeks and Romans with civilisation, the very word ‘Medieval’ has become a synonym for barbarity.

The Government’s best kept secret is the decentralisation of power to our cities

Largely unreported by the London media, power is being devolved through the City Deals programme, for which Greg Clark is responsible.

Never mind the excuses: Here’s the real reason why wages are falling

Pensions transmit the economic under-performance of the past to the wage packets of the present.

The European project is finally facing its Waterloo

Behind the calm assurances, Euro-politicians are losing faith in the European project – a few are even willing to say so.

Gender segregation in our universities is not a black and white issue

There are many situations in which gender segregation is perfectly justified, but where racial segregation would cause outrage.

Heresy of the week: Britain is doomed without manufacturing

How do we get manufacturing back again? Not through protectionism, but by being the best – and that starts with world-class vocational training.

Schooled by the evidence: the pet educational theories of the left (and right)

Ironically, it is Michael Gove who is condemned as the ideologue. He is in fact the most anti-ideological of Education Secretaries.

The most important Euro-sceptics in Europe are German

German leadership will have to choice to make: Whether to keep its promises and uphold the constitution or to do whatever it takes to save the Eurozone.

Elections are won with words, but governments succeed through actions

Our politicians do have experience of life outside politics. Unfortunately, it’s the wrong experience.

The British economy: Where did it all go right?

There are lessons in the recovery for both Left and Right.

Heresy of the week: George Monbiot has a point, we ought to question consumerism

‘Greed versus guilt’ pretty much sums up the Guardian view of the world – and it might be an idea if prominent Conservatives didn’t play along with it

A new Cold War in the Far East will change the whole world

The story that really matters is not ‘East versus West’ but ‘East versus East”

There’s nothing guaranteed about human progress – as we’ll discover when we lose antibiotics

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