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Dan McCurry Articles

Universal credit will create homelessness

This may seem surprising to Tory ministers, but landlords often prefer to let their properties to people who are on the dole. Far from being unattractive tenants, people who are in receipt of welfare benefit fulfil the prime objective of the landlord, which is to get...
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When trial by jury is a crime

It does seem strange, that in this modern day, we continue to put twelve lay persons in such a position of vulnerability, by placing them directly in the path of powerful, wealthy, violent criminals. From the gangster’s point of view, it’s as if we make them a...
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Make gas not war

As the British question whether they could mount another Falklands war, the sabre-rattling in Buenos Aires intensifies, and spreads to the other Latin American countries. Mercosur, the South American free trade zone, has closed its ports to ships flying the Falkland...
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It’s not the economy, stupid

Over the last year, each of the movements in the polls had nothing to do with the economy. The first was Libya, the second was the phantom Veto, and the third was Ken Livingstone’s surge from the Fare’s Fair policy. None was related to economic matters. I said this at...
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