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What has the EU ever done for US? The Working Time Directive

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It’s a bit of a cliché to fall back on the Bible of Monty Python if you’re a lefty, but when you’re dealing with something as timeless as Life of Brian, it’s no surprise there are parallels more than 30 years on. When John Cleese’s militant cries “but apart from better sanitation and medicine and […]

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Review: Zero Dark Thirty should be renamed Kill Bill Laden

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I watched Zero Dark Thirty last night with increasing unease and disgust. And not just because of the brutal torture scenes. My real problem with this Oscar and Golden Globe nominated “historical drama”, which has won near-universal critical acclaim, is that it is essentially little more than a cheap revenge flick that has pulled the

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