Seumas Milne
Seumas Milne is a Guardian columnist and associate editor. He was the Guardian's comment editor from 2001 to 2007 after working for the paper as a general reporter and labour editor. He has reported for the Guardian from the Middle East, eastern Europe, Russia, south Asia and Latin America. He previously worked for the Economist and is the author of The Enemy Within and The Revenge of History and co-author of Beyond the Casino Economy. Twitter: @SeumasMilne
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He has already defied conventional political wisdom. With support from his own MPs, he can do the same on the national stage
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A spirited call to arms or a long-distance ramble? Our panellists give their views on the Labour leader’s speech
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The elite has little time for elections that deliver the wrong results. And Jeremy Corbyn’s was one of them
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If the Labour leader’s supporters keep their heads, his election can break open the political system
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Market mayhem is the product of the aftershocks of 2008. No wonder calls for alternatives are growing
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This attempt to turn Athens into a debt colony will fail – and open the way to the breakup of the eurozone
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Ministers foster terror with their wars. Now they attack liberties at home in the name of British values
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The Tories don’t have a mandate for what they’re set to unleash. Opposition has to go beyond parliament
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Greece’s punishment and Cameron’s referendum games underline who really calls the shots in the EU
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The sectarian terror group won’t be defeated by the western states that incubated it in the first place
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This leadership contest is being led by a Blairite agenda. But the debate demands the voice of the left
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Conservative and Liberal Democrat pretensions of financial wizardry are absurd. They have failed even in their own terms
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Politicians and the media are using Vladimir Putin and Ukraine to justify military expansionism. It’s dangerous folly
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The official history of the BBC misrepresents the removal of the director general in 1987 – from which the corporation has never recovered, writes Seumas Milne
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Leaked document from Russian intelligence agency claims north African branch wants to extend its range to Europe with marine unit
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Leaked spy cables obtained by al-Jazeera and the Guardian claim Israel has been trying to sabotage Egypt's water supply with water-sucking plants for decades
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In the world of espionage, reports peppered with half-truths, rumours and the seemingly outlandish is par for the course, documents show
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Agent Africanist, who had links to Russian government, used to glean information about joint surveillance project
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South Korea’s intelligence service requested information about South African activist Kumi Naidoo in runup to leaders’ meeting in 2010
Cameron isn’t colonising the centre. That’s fraudulent spin