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Jewish and Muslim identities are not signifiers of party loyalty – but the polarising vortex of Westminster seems determined to treat them as such, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Although for decades he was greeted by cries of “on your bike” wherever he went, Norman Tebbit never told anyone to get on a bike, said John Elledge in The New Statesman. He merely recalled, at the Tory conference in 1981, that during the Depression, his father had pedalled around…

With Catholics now outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland, advocates for unification are starting to believe their dream could become a reality. But is it inevitable – and would a referendum reignite old enmities?

Jake Berry's comments were reminiscent of Norman Tebbit's 'get on your bike' speech from decades ago

Last month, the Department for Work and Pensions introduced tough new rules for Universal Credit claimants that force them into work or punish them with sanctions

The law was passed as part of the "Way to Work" target to help 500,000 Universal Credit claimants into work by June

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) 'Way to Work' crackdown on jobseekers has been blasted as vague by peers - who questioned why it was passed as an 'emergency' law with no scrutiny

The Conservative former cabinet minister, who served in Margaret Thatcher’s government, sat as both an MP and later as a peer