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Six things other cities can learn from Transport for London's success

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imageA shining example. No, really.dade72 / Shutterstock.com

Complaining about public transport might seem as English as moaning about the weather. And it isn’t very British to shout about success. So what follows might seem odd, but here goes: Transport for London leads the way as an effective transport authority. There, said it. And it does so...

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Radical Islam and the West: the moral panic behind the threat

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imageAustralia's reaction to revelations that its citizens were fighting for IS follows a pattern of intellectual and state fear-mongering.AAP/Lukas Coch

Governments contrive moral panics to consolidate domestic political support. An alleged “existential” foreign threat is particularly useful. It encourages the population to rally behind the...

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