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Where are all the MPs? They're watching it on TV, too

The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamber Is it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons , drove out those atmospheric,...

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Tory donor probe 'could drag on'

Lord Ashcroft has become an influential figure at Tory HQ The Electoral Commission has refused to say whether it will complete a probe into £5m of donations to the Tory party before the next general election. But the election...

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Eilzabeth Truss wins her battle

Elizabeth Truss, the Conservative's prospective parliamentary candidate for SW Norfolk, finally won her battle to win the backing of the local party following the row over her affair with a married MP.

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Tackling Scotland's drink problem demands effort from everyone

Who do these booze giants think they’re catering for when they sell two-litre bottles of cider at knock-down prices, asks Alan Cochrane. The coming days are expected to see ministers attempt to beat Scotland’s growing booze...

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Ian Jack: Fear and loathing in Dagenham

On a walkabout in east London, Nick Griffin is a magnet for feelings of grief as well as anger On Thursday Nick Griffin paid his first official visit to Barking and Dagenham as the newly declared British National party...

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Police chief attacks Tory Met plan

Tory MP accuses Acpo president Sir Hugh Orde of being 'patronising' after he says it is critical that police forces stay free of political influence The head of Britain's senior police officers sparked a political row today by...

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Climate change denial MEP attacks church

Roger Helmer says Anglican hierarchy has dropped the gospel in favour of 'the new religion of climate alarmism' A Tory MEP has accused the Church of England of having "abandoned religious faith entirely and taken up the new...

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Sri Lanka minorities hold talks

Political parties representing minority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka are holding talks in Switzerland, the first since the conflict ended in May. Sri Lanka's social welfare minister said they aim to find a shared position on...

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'Historic' meeting for Sri Lankan Tamils

Minister says the aim was to arrive at a “common ground” on issues affecting minorities Several political parties, representing miniority Tamils and Muslims in Sri Lanka, have for the first time in post-war period gathered in...

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Robinson: 'Don't throw it away'

DUP leader Peter Robinson has cautioned unionists not to risk all the executive's achievements by 'chasing unrealisable goals'. The First Minister's warning came ahead of his party's annual conference in Belfast.

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