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		<title>When will politicians realise that the war on drugs has been lost?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by The Evening Standard (9th August, 2018) Last year I went on patrol in Dayton, Ohio, with an affable police officer called Andy Teague, who told me [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Happy birthday, NHS &#8211; but we must be more honest about its failings</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published by the Evening Standard (5th July, 2018) After an orgy of self-congratulation, the big day has finally arrived as the National Health Service celebrates its 70th anniversary. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Which politician will dare dismantle crony capitalism?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (November 25th, 2013) Earlier this year Jeremy Stafford was at a London conference on leadership, talking about the importance of ethics in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We must make it easier to build homes in London</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2013) There are plans for a handful of new houses in my neck of north London. It is a modest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Confront the pessimistic protest politics of UKIP</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:18:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (December 19th, 2012) Nick Clegg has made a lot of noise this week, celebrating his fifth anniversary as Liberal Democrat leader with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We have nothing to fear from our Muslim citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (December 11th, 2012) Shortly after the end of his first term in office, Liberal leader William Gladstone penned a pamphlet against Catholicism. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The best Paralympic legacy: an end to this disabled apartheid</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (August 28th, 2012) After the wondrous joy of the Olympics, London is preparing for the Paralympics. Another opening ceremony, another 11 days [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A golden hour laden with significance for Britain</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (6th August, 2012) Wow! What an exhausting weekend it has been for us armchair Olympians, all those hours of cheers and tears [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why Danny Boyle&#8217;s rose-tinted homage to the NHS was so damaging</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (July 30th, 2012) The reviews are in, and the near-unanimous verdict on Danny Boyle’s extraordinary opening ceremony was that it was a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Now we must welcome the best and brightest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in the London Evening Standard (July 23, 2012) On your marks, get set — it’s nearly time to go. The four-yearly circus that claims to be the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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