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Letters: The way ahead for the NHS at 60

The way ahead for the NHS at 60 Polly Toynbee (For all the hyperbole, Bevan would have approved of this, July 1) rightly points to Nye Bevan's realism over an NHS where "expectations will always exceed capacity". In fact the...

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Polly Toynbee: The education boom has proved a curse for the poor

guardian.co.uk     5 hrs ago          

It's all very well for Gordon Brown to talk of an upwardly mobile Britain: but the best social engineer is equality What counts as a socially acceptable standard of living that no one should fall below? People complain that...

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Labour created the NHS and has safeguarded its future

guardian.co.uk     16 hrs ago   2 related          

It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm...

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Cut the spin

news.com.au     14 hrs ago          

Lenore Taylor, National correspondent | July 05, 2008 THE Opposition would have us believe Kevin Rudd is all spin and no substance. Far from being devoid of content, I reckon the Rudd Government is running a real risk of having...

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The uselessness of experience

Prompted by Rick, I think I should explain the point of my post against women. It’s to show that personal experience is useless as a guide to what’s true of large samples.Put it this way, my knowledge of women, although not the...

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The enemy within? Fear of Islam: Britain's new disease

Three years ago, four young suicide bombers caused carnage in London. Their aim was not just to kill and maim. There was also a long-term strategic purpose: to sow suspicion and divide Britain between Muslims and the rest. They...

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Is post-war Britain anti-Muslim?

The Mail's Peter Osborne has written a pamphlet arguing this country and its media are Islamophobic. This dangerous demonising of the country's 1.6 million Muslim inhabitants is happening all around us. It was taken up by those...

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Who are they? Part III

The people who run our lives. stratum but more actively self-serving, and they make clear their belief that they should wield social power. It comprises the great majority of those administrators, lawyers, experts, educators...

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Even the rich admit they have it too easy in unfair tax system

tuc.org.uk     02-Jul-2008   6 related          

People in every region and age group of the UK, including even the wealthiest households, overwhelmingly say that the tax system is unfair, and that it is too easy for big companies and the rich to get out of paying a fair...

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Nick Clegg writes: the only alternative to New Labour is the Liberal Democrats

Nick writes in today's Guardian: 'A home for progressives' Nick presents a sharp critique, post Henley of the state of politics. Despite the Tories riding a full 14% higher in the polls, we didn't see the great landslide we...

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