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Iain Macwhirter: Alex Salmond's plans to replace council tax in Scotland will are likely to lead...

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   35 related          

It's not often that Alex Salmond lapses into malapropisms, but at the launch of his legislative programme in the Scottish parliament today, he referred to the "levitation" of the Liberal Democrat, Tavish Scott to his new...                    

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Tim Dowling on the politicians who get up with the birds

guardian.co.uk     04-Sep-2008          

Buried among the more electrifying revelations about Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is the mildly disturbing fact that she gets up at 4.30am every day. Of course in Anchorage, where Palin lives and...                    

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Lib Dems promise overall tax cuts

telegraph.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   3 related          

The Liberal Democrats have claimed they are Britain's only true tax cutting party after unveiling plans to cut £20 billion from Government spending. By James Kirkup, Political Correspondent Nick Clegg: the Lib Dems claim...                    

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Ways for trade unions to avoid redundancy

ft.com     03-Sep-2008          

Have you seen the hilarious new sitcom, Ms Comrade (BBC2, 9.30pm, Thursdays), in which Catherine Tate plays Emma Doyle, scheming thirtysomething general secretary of the Contract Cleaners Union? Here in the real world,...                    

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Johann Hari: Oxbridge walls that can't be scaled

independent.co.uk     04-Sep-2008   1 related          

Nothing causes a louder shriek in Britain than if you challenge the right of the rich to pass their privilege untouched on to their children. The shadow chancellor George Osborne has just decreed that the richest 1 per...                    

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Tory’s No to Assembly lawmaking

icnetwork.co.uk     04-Sep-2008   1 related          

Sep 4 2008 by Martin Shipton, Western Mail A WELSH Conservative MP has caused a political storm by announcing he plans to launch a cross-party campaign for a No vote in the promised referendum on full lawmaking powers...                    

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Poles Depart

amren.com     03-Sep-2008          

The Economist, August 28, 2008 SUPERMARKET aisles offer amateur ethnographers rich opportunities for fieldwork. Recent immigration from eastern Europe has been on a truly grand scale: Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, now...                    

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£2million Tory death duty plan branded a 'tax cut for the rich'

dailymail.co.uk     03-Sep-2008   9 related          

George Osborne's £1m pledge on death duties has now effectively been doubled to £2m The Tories were accused of handing tax cuts to the rich yesterday over their pledge to let couples with assets of up to £2million escape...                    

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Martin Kettle: Rejuvenating a party in government is a tough task

guardian.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

Of all the British politicians who made the trip to Denver for the Democratic convention last week, by far the most interesting attendee was the shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude. He had the choice of going...                    

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thesun.co.uk: Heroes ... troops parade on return from Afghanistan thesun.co.uk

Leaders back Sun Millies

thesun.co.uk     03-Sep-2008          

RAF heroes back from Afghanistan are saluted by thousands of wellwishers — as PM Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron throw their weight behind The Sun Military Awards. Cheers and church bells rang out as the 160...                    

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