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‘Bully Beef’ Europe
Pressure on Ireland to raise corporation tax is out of order when Irish taxpayers are picking up the colossal bill for the role European banks played in Ireland’s property bubble
Fair pay review
Will Hutton was asked by the government to suggest remedies for the growing wage disparity, and on Tuesday published his findings. Some of them make sense, but not all
Libya’s rebels need more than words
The west should not sit on the sidelines, but should do what it can to restrain Col Gaddafi. Libya should be allowed to continue on the path to freedom and dignity
Clegg Agonistes
The Liberal Democrats should stick with the coalition and hope the economy recovers. That might earn them the credit they deserve for putting the national interest before their own
Renault’s shame
The impression left is of a company that is both paranoid and reckless, and raises questions about top management, whose judgment has proved so wayward
Saudi intervention raises Gulf stakes
The arrival of troops guarantees radicalisation, when reform is all most Bahraini and Gulf citizens want. And it invites Iran and its proxies such as Hizbollah to come in
National affront
Sarkozy’s attempt to outflank the far right has backfired
Face down Gaddafi
With the support of the Arab League, the US and the European Union would make Russian and Chinese resistance to intervention harder to sustain
Nuclear lessons from Japan
Although support for new nuclear construction has been creeping up in the US and Europe, it remains brittle. Even one serious accident could shatter it
Missing the target
A summit of eurozone leaders resembled a darts game in which the 17 players aimed at the lowest numbers rather than the bull’s-eye needed to overcome the debt crisis