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LEADING ARTICLES
Leading article: Gone mad? Hardly. It's all about respect for others

According to a new book published by the Civitas think-tank, "political correctness" has a good deal to answer for.
Leading article: The wrong price

Britain's train operators have given commuters a wholly unwelcome New Year's present, namely an above-inflation fare increase.
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Miles Kington: A right calendrical muddle in the heavens
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Philip Hensher: Don't blame publishers for failing to pick the best
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Mary Dejevsky: Russia has good reason for what it is doing. Why do we have to keep demonising it?
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Miles Kington: I say rhubarb, you say walla walla walla ...
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Johann Hari: To Hollywood, gays must be tragic or sissy