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Cultural Olympiad 'will be a fiasco as big as Dome', says Tory spokesman
Shadow culture minister expresses his fears for the future of £80m project
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Stephen Byers to quit as MP
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Former Cabinet minister Stephen Byers is to stand down from Parliament at the next general election, he announced today.
Stephen Byers: A Blairite thorn in Brown's side
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Stephen Byers is one of a small group of prominent Blairite "ultras" who have been a thorn in the side of Gordon Brown since he became Prime Minister.
Labour hails by-election victory
Friday, 13 November 2009
Nigel Morris: PM ended traumatic week on high note as he celebrated Labour’s "tremendous" victory in the Glasgow North East by-election.
PM to push for 5,000 extra troops in Afghanistan
Friday, 13 November 2009
Britain has pledged to provide a 500-strong reinforcement if partner nations will share the burden.
'Slimline' Queen's Speech to push financial reform
Friday, 13 November 2009
Election-year legislative programme to prioritise debt and social care.
Brown to get tough on student visas and foreign skilled workers
Friday, 13 November 2009
Portrayal of immigration concerns as racist is 'lazy elitism', says PM.
Measuring Labour's Glasgow triumph
Friday, 13 November 2009
Labour's triumph came over as the clear message from Glasgow North East despite the problems of measuring it.
Cameron and Osborne the 'Jedward of politics'
Friday, 13 November 2009
Labour spin chiefs dubbed David Cameron and George Osborne the "Jedward" of British politics today, warning voters: "You won't be laughing if they win."
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Has Cameron done a deal?
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Andy McSmith: Mandelson attack shines spotlight on Tory leader's links with Rupert Murdoch
TV bosses act over election deadlock
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Andrew Grice: Broadcasters have proposed three American-style debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg .
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5 Battered child wins compensation from three-year-old
6 Crime Exchange: What we can learn from each other
7 Claims of racist abuse by Romford Scout troop
8 Stephen Byers to quit as MP at next general election
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10 Ministry of Defense investigating fresh Iraq abuse claims
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1Britain's Abu Ghraib: Did Britain collude with US in abuse of Iraqis?
2Leading article: The Prime Minister's black week suddenly turns rosy
3Britain the economic 'sick man of Europe'
4Howard Jacobson: Nick Griffin looks as if he'd be light on his feet. So here's what to do with him
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6Royal Navy witnessed Somali pirates kidnap British couple
8Geoffrey Wheatcroft: Gordon Brown's very public decline
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• Howard Jacobson: Nick Griffin looks as if he'd be light on his feet...
... So here's what to do with him
• Christina Patterson: Didn't we have a lovely time the day we went to Basra
What do you do when you've bombed the living daylights out of a country?
• David Lister: Great writers don't need a helping hand
There's an unusual story about the new Alan Bennett play which opens at the National Theatre next Tuesday
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