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Former chief speechwriter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, contributing editor, The New Statesman, columnist, Evening Standard and writer in chief, The Draft.

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Former chief speechwriter to Prime Minister Tony Blair, contributing editor, The New Statesman, columnist, Evening Standard and writer in chief, The Draft.

Philip Collins Videos

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Stanley Fish, Philip Collins, Myriam Francois, Roger Bolton

Thinking Good and Doing Evil
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Philip Collins, Myriam Francois, Sophie Scott-Brown, Aaron Maté, Inaya Folarin Iman

Lies, damned lies, and misinformation
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Philip Collins, Kwasi Kwarteng, Gita Sahgal

The Crisis of the West
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Philip Collins, Sophie Scott-Brown, Florence Read, Matthew Goodwin

The impartiality illusion
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Philip Collins, Sean Curran, Lindsey German, Hew Strachan

The Morality of War

Philip Collins Articles

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Philip Collins

After the Third Way: the return of the state
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Philip Collins

Ukraine alone won't save democracy
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Philip Collins

Afghanistan and the forever war myth

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George Galloway, Philip Collins, Bronwen Maddox

The Tears of the Europeans
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Diane Abbott, Phillip Collins, Guy Standing, Mary Ann Sieghart

Dreams To Believe In
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Phillip Blond, Ritula Shah, Philip Collins, Charlotte Leslie

Rebel with a Cause
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George Galloway, Shirley Williams, Philip Collins, Peter Oborne

Hypocrites, Idealists, and Liars
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Why It Is Hard to Imagine Anyone Winning the Next Election
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After the Election
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How to write a speech that will change the world
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Philip Collins, Sophie Scott-Brown, Florence Read, Matthew Goodwin

The impartiality illusion
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Philip Collins, Myriam Francois, Sophie Scott-Brown, Aaron Maté, Inaya Folarin Iman

Lies, damned lies, and misinformation
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Peter Tatchell, Philip Collins, Cindy Yu, Linda Yueh

The eclipse of the West

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Simon Blackburn

Against Relativism
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Jamie Whyte

Democracy on Trial
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Steve Fuller

Justice Beyond Privacy
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Nikolai Tolstoy

A Great British Conspiracy
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Diana Wallis

The Referendum Fallout
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On the Spot: George Galloway
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Hilary Lawson

Editorial: the Road to Hell
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Janne Teller

The Human Compass
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Julian Le Grand

Being Free and Making Choices
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Brendan O'Neill

A Tribal World
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The Wealth of Ideas
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John Milbank

The Shame Game
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4 Perspectives on Post-Truth Politics
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Post-Truth in 7 Debates
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Chandran Kukathas

Anarchy, Open Borders and Utopia
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John Ralston Saul

Immigration and Identity
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Alison Milbank

Trump: The Post-Modern Nightmare
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Godfrey Barker

Can Love Really Conquer All?
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Jonathan Cruddas

A New Nationalism
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Colin Tudge

The Art of Community
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Issue 55: A Tribal World
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David Papineau

The Beautiful Game
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On the Enduring Appeal of Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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Lambert Zuidervaart

Truth, Resistance and Societal Evil
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Philip Pettit

Is Facebook Making Us Less Free?
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Enzo Rossi

Authenticity, Alienation and Privilege
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Alastair McIntosh

Can rituals save us from loneliness?
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Sigurd Bergmann

Could ritual spaces encourage collaboration?
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Issue 61: Return of the Ritual
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Lord Andrew Adonis

We Need to Save Our Democracy from Political Bullies Before It's Too Late