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Articles by Guy Rundle

Hapless Cameron battling Tory enemies within

David Cameron is struggling to keep the Tories together. The party is split on same-sex marriage and the European Union, showing up some poor leadership attributes in the Prime Minister.

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The UK’s little problem with Europe

Can British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Tory government hang onto EU membership? Or will the UKIP and its allies force the country to go it alone?

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Look out, the Scandinavian children are about

There’s nothing like parental leave. Go to a movie, play squash, wash the car — all these activities lie on the same plane. Put “be with your child” in it, you’ll see the difference.

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Parental leave, or why is it always Sweden?

Paid parental leave is actually quite a conservative policy that erodes women’s rights and entrenches gender division. Just look at Sweden’s generous scheme for evidence of that.

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Liz mum on plain packs in UK, thanks to Lynton

What happened to David Cameron’s pledge to use plain packaging to discourage smoking? Australian political operative Lynton Crosby happened, apparently.

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Nick Cater’s cheer squad in Culture clash

Sycophantic journos at anti-News Limited have fallen in line to praise their colleague Nick Cater’s new book to the skies. It’s a Culture clash that deserves greater scrutiny.

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Niall Ferguson, capitalist tool, drills a mighty hole

The global economic downtown is John Maynard Keynes’ fault. Because he’s gay and has no kids. Seriously, Niall Ferguson?

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Send in the clowns of UK politics

Guy Rundle boards the UK Independence Party’s lurid purple bus and wonders about the future of politics in Britain.

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Buzz from the Right is wrong, to bee sure

European bees are disappearing, and the buzz from politicians is out of line. The politics of ecological protection are fascinating, writes Crikey’s man in London.

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Melbourne Machine out, leaving Rocket Ronnie to snooker

It’s that time of year again … No, the snooker world championships. Our man in England has it covered, from Aussie hope Neal Robertson to the celebrated comeback of Ronnie “Rocket” O’Sullivan.

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How the Boston bombings exposed the fragility of the American state

In the messy aftermath of the Boston bombings, there’s food for thought on the American state and the social media revolution.

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What Nick Cater’s book gets wrong about Australia (basically everything)

Australia is a culture of collectivism, not individualism, and no matter what Nick Cater says in his new book, we will never be American go-getters.

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Time for Tor at Thatcher’s funeral

Margaret Thatcher’s state funeral is attracting its share of protesters, most of whom are blithely posting their plans on social media. But the smart ones will turn to encrypted communication.

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Britain weeps for Thatcher as the truth dims

As Britain prepares to farewell Margaret Thatcher with a paramilitary funeral, Guy Rundle asks the questions about her legacy that the Labour Party is failing to.

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John Howard’s still lying about Iraq invasion

John Howard is still defending the war in Iraq, and his speech to to the Lowy Institute is full of lies. Will nobody pull him up on the continuing falsehoods?

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Britain’s new youth champion: ‘I want to cut everyone’

The British county of Kent appointed a new youth commissioner — who turns out was acting like a bit of a youth on Twitter. The scandal is a top tabloid fodder across the nation.

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A Baroness dies, but the fiction of Thatcherism lives on

Margaret Thatcher is dead. Forget the the fiction that Thatcherism was the only way to modernise a Western economy — it was a second-rate, shoddy approach that left British neighbourhoods in ruins.

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Is North Korea on the warpath, or is it a ruse? Yes.

North Korea is moving towards a nuclear footing and ramping up its aggressive rhetoric. Is it for real? A sham? A danger? Or something in between?

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Cameron’s bedroom eyes cast over the welfare state

David Cameron has shaken up benefits for Britain’s most needy. Is it the end of the social state as we know it, or have the Tories not gone far enough? Well, both …

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The 15 shades of Gary Gray — Labor on the edge of the abyss

What’s wrong with Labor? Well, everything … but here are at least 15 of the reasons. Let’s start with Gary Gray.

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Cyprus bank crisis an elegant tax haven punishment

The EU’s Cyprus operation was not a stuff-up, but an elegant double-whammy, hitting both European tax havens within the EU/eurozone purview and smacking the Russian bear on the nose.

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Cameron’s budget small beer in time of crisis

Guy Rundle examines the Cameron government’s latest UK budget and finds it comes up sorely lacking.

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Cameron gets it done, keeping the press (mostly) on side

David Cameron has struck a compromise deal with political rivals for tougher media reforms in the UK. And he’s managed to keep the press on side — for the most part — in the process.

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‘Big society’ won’t work in the UK — or Australia

The “big society” — or a network of volunteers and co-operatives to take over state-provided services — didn’t work in the UK. So why is it coming to Australia?

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Berg strains his Tea on US Republican Right

The US Tea Party isn’t that hard to understand — the libertarian streak is tiny and they’re an uneasy fit in the Republican Party. Chris Berg doesn’t seem to understand.

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