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The return of the state: How government is back at the heart of economic life

ft.com     7 hrs ago          

For the best part of three decades, policymakers in the developed world followed Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in seeking to roll back the frontiers of the state. Yet the problems that began in credit markets a year ago...                    

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Can Labour really hope to keep Jack out of Africa?

scotsman.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

Published Date: 22 August 2008 GORDON Brown is still hopeful Jack McConnell will not take up his post as High Commissioner to Malawi. So say Labour insiders, who told The Scotsman they were pulling out all the stops to try to...                    

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Labour veteran Healey says Brown's a winner… maybe

scotsman.com     5 hrs ago          

Published Date: 22 August 2008 DENIS Healey, the veteran Labour politician, insisted yesterday that Gordon Brown could still recover and defeat the Tories at the next general election, but said the country may have reached the...                    

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Matthew Norman: His life is destroyed. So why hound Gary Glitter?

independent.co.uk     5 hrs ago          

Given that what preceded it may have been the greatest run in Olympic history, one can excuse the BBC commentators for failing to notice. Then again, maybe they did notice, but preferred to allow distaste to hold their tongues....                    

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Boris hints at intention to challenge Cameron as Tory leader

dailymail.co.uk     6 hrs ago   13 related          

Boris Johnson has launched a new assault on David Cameron's leadership with a hint that one day he could challenge him for the job. The Mayor of London stoked up the tension between the pair during an interview with Total...                    

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Jeremy Hunt MP: What I learnt in China

conservativehome.blogs.com     2 hrs ago   109 related          

Last Saturday Jeremy Hunt listed the ten questions he was seeking to answer during his visit to the Beijing Olympics. In this Platform the Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport outlines some answers... ONE: The...                    

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Suzanne Fields: The Lady Dithered

townhall.com     35 mins ago          

Who will Obama pick to be his VP? It's not because she's a woman that she's "the might have been" as Democrats gather this week for their convention in Denver, it's because of the kind of woman she is. Golda Meir, Indira...                    

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The return of the state: How government is back at the heart of economic life (at FT.com)

yahoo.com     7 hrs ago          

For the best part of three decades, policymakers in the developed world followed Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in seeking to roll back the frontiers of the state. The triple mantra of privatisation, liberalisation and...                    

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The book of Dave

newstatesman.co.uk     19 hrs ago          

In conversation with the editor of GQ, the would-be prime minister reveals . . . that he "doesn't really like Pot Noodles"If there is one political question that needs to be addressed today it is this: what sort of prime...                    

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Bill Drummond: The way I see it

newstatesman.co.uk     19 hrs ago          

A founding member of the KLF, Drummond set up the K Foundation, which famously burned £1m in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. His latest project is a conceptual choir he calls The 17 1 Does art make a difference? Art...                    

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