Anger suits David Cameron. Its one of the modes he does well. He is skilled at contrition his Bloody Sunday apology was the moment he became, rather than merely held the office of, prime minister but fury is his forte. The cheeks colour, the fist pounds the podium, the words turn plain and demotic. On Friday he channelled the voice of middle-aged men everywhere as they open a brown envelope to discover an unexpected demand for cash. Im not paying that bill, he said, the face puce. Its not going to happen.

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Each year, the Laurence Stern fellowship welcomes a young British journalist for an internship at the Post. Eight former interns recall Bradlees charm, charisma and his good looksOf the many legacies of the late Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, per...

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In our sense of terror, Islamic State and the virus feed each other. But from airports to airstrikes, the response is glaringly inadequateThey are dark, unseen enemies, come from far away and they are scaring us witless. Isis is not a disease, and Ebo...

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Ukips rise, like the return of Dads Army, suggests a nation still yearning for the days when it stood aloneNot sure about Toby Jones as Captain Mainwaring. Im not convinced he has the face for that permanent look of puffed-up exasperation. Bill Nighy a...

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The Tory plan to break with the European court is all about blunting Ukips bayonets channelling rage that should be aimed elsewhereIts the spelling mistake that gives the game away. Like a twist in a fine legal thriller, a single misplaced letter in t...

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The Huffington Post UK's Mehdi Hasan and the Guardian's Jonathan Freedland discuss Islamophobia and antisemitism at a Guardian Live event at the Royal Institution in London on 15 September. Here, Jonathan speaks about the separation of Jewishness and Z...

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The prime minister has left Conservatives feeling they hold the advantage after a fortnight of duelling party conferencesThe phoney war is over. The campaign for 2015 has begun. On Wednesday, in what may well have been his sharpest, most effective spee...

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