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Monday 18 November 2013

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The best comment and blogs from The Telegraph including Charles Moore, Peter Oborne, James Delingpole, Benedict Brogan, Boris Johnson, Dan Hodges, Sue Cameron and Janet Daley

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The baffling recovery of Teflon Labour and Unpopular Ed

Len McCluskey, left, and Ed Miliband.  

Despite Falkirk and all its other failings, the party could still be heading back to No 10, writes Benedict Brogan

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We’re turning a deaf ear to our musical youth

 

Learning to play an instrument has huge benefits for children and society at large, says James Rhodes

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Can moneyed mavericks make a difference?

Paul Sykes: the Yorkshireman is using his millions to back Ukip’s campaign to get out of the EU altogether  

Paul Sykes may not seek power for himself, but he can play a part in denying it to others, says Philip Johnston

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Child abuse: the net is closing

 

Corporate promises to block child abuse images will not affect the 'deep web’, where most transactions take place, says Ian Douglas

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The business rates burden must be eased

The impact of business rates has been especially hard to bear since the crash of 2008, which hit the retail industry severely and contributed to the hollowing-out of many high streets  

Telegraph View: The Treasury has been imposing onerous financial demands on a vulnerable yet crucial part of the economy

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Russell Brand likes to talk about revolution. Why doesn't he get on with it?

Russell Brand  

What Cromwell would have made of Mr Brand we cannot know, writes Norman Tebbit

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Paul Sykes interview: 'I want to set Britain free from the EU'

 

Paul Sykes is on a crusade to get a referendum on Britain’s membership and to restore our borders – and he’s putting his millions where his mouth is, he tells Philip Johnston

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We should be humbly thanking the super-rich, not bashing them

London  

As well as creating jobs and giving to charity, the wealthy should be hailed as Tax Heroes, says Boris Johnson

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Pope Francis, the poster boy for today’s Catholics

Pope Francis

The new Pope's simple style is dragging people back to church and making Cristina Odone feel good about being a Catholic again

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Bundesbank says Italian and Spanish banks still hooked on home state debt

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard  
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

The Bundesbank always like to spoil the party

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Authors for Philippines: If you help this cause, I will put you in my next thriller. And kill you

 
Alex Marwood

It’s hell, being a stealth competitor. Only the people who know me very well know how competitive I really am

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Labour's 'nightmare' about Balls is only just beginning

 
Dan Hodges

If Ed Miliband’s team are having ‘nightmares’ about Ed Balls now, just wait till the election’s here

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The Scottish Nationalist hero who didn’t care if Hitler bombed London

James MacMillan  
James MacMillan

Hugh MacDiarmid, widely regarded as the Scotland’s greatest 20th-century poet, admired Mussolini

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After the shambles of Sri Lanka, the Commonwealth needs a relaunch

David Blair  
David Blair

It could start by finding a new secretary general

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Ukip's soufflé isn't deflating. Northern Tories, beware

 
Tim Wigmore

Maybe everyone was wrong about Ukip. Everyone thought that Tories in the shires needed to watch out

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Southern England is being concreted over

 
Daniel Hannan

Those who closed down the immigration debate by shouting 'racist' should hang their heads in shame

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Sachin Tendulkar’s career was sublime. But Alastair Cook’s could surpass it

 
Peter Oborne

Amid the celebrations of Sachin Tendulkar’s career, I have seen it written time and again that the little master’s achievement can never be repeated

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Cameron's broken promise to savers costs £68bn

David Cameron  

The Government should think laterally to keep its hitherto empty election pledge to help the suffering

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How to protect yourself from 'prediction addiction'

Crystal ball: Web-bot project' makes prophecy of 2012 apocalypse  

"Prediction addiction" is hard-wired into our brains. The most successful investors resist it

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Britain is learning to put up with Europe

Britain will weaken position on world stage if it leaves EU, says USA  

The hard reality of life on the outside is weakening the eurosceptic case. Britain doesn't like the European Union, but it's prepared to go along with it, says Peter Kellner.

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'If you have nothing to say, at least say it well’

Winston Churchill  

Charles Moore reviews The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth (Icon Books)

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Downton Abbey: Are we in for another Christmas shock?

Downton Abbey returns for a third series on ITV1.  

In keeping with last year’s car crash that killed off Matthew Crawley, we suggest some other melodramatic plotlines for the Christmas special

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Thirty years of 'Now' albums

How the Now! compilation series has provided a soundtrack to my life  

As the Now compilation albums reach their 30th anniversary, Jonathan Maitland charts the pop tunes he will always associate with his most unforgettable times

Maoist class war wrecked our state schools

One of the first school girls to join Rugeley Grammar School when it became co-educational, 1953  

For too long teachers have thought it wrong to transmit 'posh' standards of literate speech, says Janet Daley

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Marine A: it's a question of leniency

Marine A said he was ashamed at what he had done. 'It was stupid, a lack of self-control, a momentary lapse of judgment'  

Does the British officer who shot a wounded enemy soldier in Afghanistan, and who was found guilty of murder last week, deserve to be sentenced to life?

You've done Children in Need proud again

Sir Terry Wogan on BBC Children in Need 2013  

It’s been a hectic few months in our efforts on behalf of Britain’s poor and disabled children, says Terry Wogan

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Gettysburg and us

It was courageous of Lincoln to speak at all, for he felt far from well, and fell sick afterwards, probably with smallpox  

Telegraph View: We know the truth that the founding fathers and Lincoln meant

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A Mini marvel

Sykes and Ukip could put Labour into No 10

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A law on neglect by nurses in hospitals should apply to managers too

Crisis in the National Health Service

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The dangers of reckless driving in country lanes

Sophie Raworth as a replacement for Alan Titchmarsh

The Lib Dems’ green tax proposals are holding Britain back

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Marine A must face justice, but the law has its limits in warfare

 

Unlike other countries, Britain is allowing its soldiers to be hobbled by the 'right to life’, says Boris Johnson

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David Cameron and Nick Clegg should publish their tax returns, says Boris Johnson

Row over publication of private conversations between Gordon Brown and George W Bush stalls Iraq inquiry

China built its HS2 in two years. Don’t let Labour derail ours

Boris Johnson: Mayor of 'Muslim extraction'

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'If you have nothing to say, at least say it well’

Winston Churchill  

Charles Moore reviews The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth (Icon Books)

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Why does a brush with death make people turn to religion?

'War turns moral codes upside down'

A modern man, ready to be king

Battling for adult rights, we overlook the child

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