Crispin Black
Latest articles by Crispin Black
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Flight 370: it's time the airlines live-streamed their flight data
In Depth Whatever the reason for the plane's disappearance, waiting for the black box to be discovered is crazy
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Ukraine solution: West should back off and support partition
In Depth If we are happy to let Scotland go (depending on the referendum), we should let Ukraine split too
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Cameron must stop British jihadists returning from Syria
In Depth Here's a solution: forbid any British subject from travelling to Syria unless registered with a charity
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Britain inundated – by dismal decisions from the top brass
In Depth From the Somerset Levels to Syria, poor leadership is wearing the public patience thin
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Lessons from Ukraine: what if WE lost patience with politicians?
In Depth Disenchanted Britons have rioted in the past. What would it take to tip the balance today?
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If Vladimir Putin is seriously ill it matters to the world
In Depth His pardoning of Khodorkovsky was out of character: some suggest he is clearing his conscience
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It’s time the Welsh dragon was allowed to roar for the UK
In Depth While the Scots debate independence, the Welsh don’t even get a spot on the Union Flag
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Ariel Sharon: whatever his faults he was a great soldier
In Depth The feat Sharon pulled off in the Yom Kippur War made him a heroic general and saviour of Israel
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Sorry Snowden, NSA spying is 'overhyped and overrated'
In Depth Fugitive whistleblower risked everything to expose surveillance even Obama doesn't take too seriously
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Bank of England's Mark Carney in a proud Canuck tradition
In Depth 'Rock star banker' isn't the first Canadian recruit to come to Britain's aid in difficult times
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Run up a white flag: We've surrendered to the Taliban
In Depth If we've decided to 'cut and run' by holding talks with Afghan insurgents, why not just cut and run now?
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Is MI5 planning dirty tricks to stop Scottish independence?
In Depth Is Margo MacDonald being paranoid – or just preparing excuses for the inevitable referendum defeat?
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US Anglophobes get another chance to stick it to BP
In Depth Lawyer Robert F Kennedy Jnr says it's not a British issue but that's hardly convincing given his family's reputation
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It's not too late to give the Queen a new HMS Britannia
In Depth 'Missis Kwin' will be missed in her far-flung realms if there's to be no more long-distance air travel
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Why 'Shakespeare deniers' pay a compliment to the Bard
In Depth Shakespeare's birthday was celebrated this week, but the idea he didn't write his plays won't go away
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Afghanistan needs interpreters to be brave and stay at home
In Depth It is not Britain's 'moral obligation' to give the Army's Afghan war interpreters automatic asylum here
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Berezovsky, Agatha Christie and a short history of poison
In Depth A poison that does its work and leaves no trace in the body is not as far-fetched as you might think
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Cameron and Palace should show the Pope more respect
In Depth The press, too, has been ungenerous, highlighting his Falklands remarks. What else could he have said?
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A new job for the British Army - protecting the homeland
In Depth As the 'Desert Rats' lose their tanks, the Army needs a new role - and our national security fits the bill
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Gun used on al-Hilli is Serbian Mafia's signature weapon
In Depth Perpetrators could have staged a road accident – instead it seems they were trying to send a message
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BBC finds evidence that French helped Argentines sink our ships
In Depth French technicians helped prepare Exocet missiles - but was their 'treachery' any worse than America's?
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Why do we care so much about Gibraltar and the Falklands?
In Depth The Chinese are grown-up enough to run our former colony properly. The Spanish and Argentines are not
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