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Hugh Muir
Hugh Muir is a Guardian leader writer and columnist. He writes extensively about social policy, politics, policing, diversity and
London government
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Heather Stewart, Rafael Behr and Hugh Muir join Tom Clark to discuss the government’s legislative programme, the latest Brexit bust-ups and the future of the Green party
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No one should be surprised that the former London mayor waded into the Naz Shah antisemitism row. He has only himself to blame if it costs him his place in the Labour party
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Hugh Muir looks at the pros and cons of long-term leaders, and discusses whether there are any ways to mitigate their grip on power
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Among the Barbara Windsors and Dorothy Starts are enough politically motivated recipients to suggest the system isn’t just unethical, it’s harmful
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As David Cameron’s visit to Jamaica becomes dominated by the question of reparations, our panellists discuss whether Britain needs to atone financially for its role in slavery
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Rolling coverage of the Labour conference in Brighton, including Jeremy Corbyn’s speech
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Passages in conference address taken from speech written by Richard Heller – who sent them in to Labour HQ himself and is happy they were used
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Labour’s Jon Cruddas wants to re-engage with voters who feel disenfranchised by multiculturalism – but how?
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Edgy addresses soon become desirable ‘villages’ – and once the poor have gone, they have no way back
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An experiment by broadcaster Dotun Adebayo set out to explore the stereotypes that people in the UK normally express only in private
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Did the BBC’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue get it wrong? Someone had to adjudicate
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If the defendant’s mental state causes the process to collapse, at least justice will be done – and seen to be done – as far as is possible
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We need to acknowledge there is a problem, and the best way is to show how far-reaching it is. Which makes a new online survey an important initiative
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An article about black teens being turned away prompted a doorman to get in touch. He confirmed the use of racist policies – but there was a twist
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Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams came, saw and conquered, Roger Federer is back while Andy Murray and Garbiñe Muguruza shone: our writers’ SW19 highs and lows
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George Osborne’s infatuation with elected mayors shouldn’t blind us to the benefits they can bring for community cohesion. Not that they all do, however
The panel EU referendum: our writers on David Cameron's TV questioning