The Comment Channel
Leading article: Curiouser and curiouser

The Government has precious little credibility on matters of national security, official secrecy and the conduct of the occupation of Iraq. Little wonder, then, that so few are willing to give the Attorney General the benefit of the doubt in his decision to prosecute two people under the Official Secrets Act
Leading article: Pubs stay open late. Not many hurt

The purveyors of moral panic told us that the first two days of 24-hour drinking would be the policing equivalent of the Somme. It was no such thing
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John Rentoul: Adair Turner has a tin ear for practical politics. Brown and Blair will see him off
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Editor-At-Large: A short skirt, a fag and a drink are not an invitation to rape
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Rowan Pelling: Who are you to tell me what sort of front door I should have?
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Joan Smith: The fat deserve the warnings that my father was never given