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Why we must slay the quango hydra

Labour has funnelled vast sums and ever more functions to organisations that are not answerable daily to parliament

Non-believers fill church of green gods

Countries pay lip-service that an agreement in Copenhagen is necessary to 'save the planet', but it's now clear that no treaty will be agreed

Listen up, Muslims – we fought for you

We can expect Karadzic to boast that he was fighting the Islamist threat to civilisation while Britain and America slept

Bonus rage will kill our Goldman goose

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, spoke darkly of an 'unacceptable return' to past practices, but I beg to differ

Here’s an idea: set the taxman on MPs

Legg is only trying to claw back what would never have been paid out if MPs had acted by the spirit of their own rulebook

Dead men in corridors of power

The Tories' success in getting Saint Bono to address their conference is just the latest suggestion of nominal government

It’s the facts wot lost it for Labour

The role of any one newspaper in affecting the outcome of recent general elections has been between minimal and non-existent

Hold it, this isn’t the all-clear to kill Granny

These guidelines might have made it more likely that prosecutions will be brought against those who assist in suicide

Take Dr Johnson’s clarity draught, Dave

It would be wrong to imagine that Brown’s aversion to the c-word is purely pathological

Le petit président needs stuffing, Carla

There is something peculiarly intimidating in the very short man of power

Cut bankers’ bonuses and we will all suffer

If such greedy bankers are so socially useless, why should it be a problem if they depart to another country?

Needy little boy behind Ted the titan

It is naive and even childish to believe that those who achieve great things are men and women of less than normal human frailty

No sexing – let’s all race together

Let men and women - and all those uncomfortably perched in the middle - compete against each other in a single championship

Organic food is just a tax on the gullible

I could have become a fatal casualty of the organic movement

Don't book a ticket to Dignitas just yet

A change in the law in the direction of euthanasia would be an encouragement to avaricious or impatient relatives

When wind power blows, jobs will fall

If Miliband believes that switching from coal to wind power will save lives in Africa he is deluded

Bernie's not alone in liking dictators

As a rule, one should not bother to criticise famous people for the thoughts contained in articles under their name