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Has Cameron done a deal?
Andy McSmith: Mandelson attack shines spotlight on Tory leader's links with Rupert Murdoch
Inside UK Politics
TV bosses act over election deadlock new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Andrew Grice: Broadcasters have proposed three American-style debates between Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg .
Tighter immigration rules
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The Prime Minister announced a review of student visas to target people intending to work here illegally.
Griffin announces alliance of EU nationalist parties
Thursday, 12 November 2009
BNP leader Nick Griffin today announced a new political alliance to fight "this monstrous federal Europe".
Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The staff have shared performance bonuses of almost £300m since the start of the war in Iraq.
Ex-ministers call for vote on war in Afghanistan
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Pressure grows on Brown after claim that US was close to troop decision is rejected
Independent Live! 'In a democracy, changes are made by us'
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The latest debate was a fiery affair that covered topics from the crisis in politics to climate change
MPs back hacker's extradition fight new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
An influential committee of MPs today threw its weight behind the campaign to stop computer hacker Gary McKinnon's extradition to the US.
Mandelson named 'undisputed alpha male' of Westminster new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Lord Mandelson was dubbed the "undisputed alpha male of the Westminster village" today after scooping one of the top accolades at a Westminster awards ceremony.
Labour confident of success in by-election
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Party expects to beat SNP in Glasgow just 16 months after heavy loss in city
Why Dimbleby will be giving bullocks a wide berth new
Thursday, 12 November 2009
He has been a Question Time stalwart, seeing ‘heavyweights’ like Nick Griffin and Kelvin MacKenzie in the process. But David Dimbleby last night missed his first edition in more than 15 years after he finally met his match: a bullock, which injured him in a “farming accident.”
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1 Worldwide record-breaking mania strikes new
2 Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
3 Griffin announces alliance of EU nationalist parties
4 Brown details tighter immigration rules
5 Mandelson named 'undisputed alpha male' of Westminster new
6 Calls over boy rapist were ignored, says judge new
7 Wife says noisy sex conviction breaches rights
8 Police guide to riding a bicycle given thumbs down
9 Justin Fenton: 'Disputes are pettier than in Baltimore'
10 Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen)
11 MPs back hacker's extradition fight new
12 Judge banned for motorway drink-driving
13 Justin Fenton in London: Britain's use of DNA is light years ahead
14 Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
15 Justin Fenton in London: The sound of fireworks reminds me of home
Emailed
1 Brown details tighter immigration rules
2 The Big Question: Why is Britain's DNA database the biggest in the world, and is it effective?
3 Gang rape: Is it a race issue?
4 Home Secretary agrees protocol with advisers
5 Call for age of criminal responsibility to rise
6 Our children are missing: Most vulnerable youngsters are targeted
7 MPs back hacker's extradition fight new
8 Arrested man drank pesticide in suicide bid
9 Plan for DNA database to hold profiles for 6 years
10 Worldwide record-breaking mania strikes new
11 BNP leader joins soldiers' mourners
12 New laws may fall short of campaign goal but they should help to protect children
13 Mandelson named 'undisputed alpha male' of Westminster new
Commented
1Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
2Brown details tighter immigration rules
3Johann Hari: Accept the facts ? and end this futile 'war on drugs'
4Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
5Undercurrent of doubt over electric motors
6Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
7They come in search of justice ? but end up thrown into jail
8US 'wants to guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal'
Columnist Comments
• Matthew Norman: Cowell is a God
He has no need to play God. On Greek mythological lines, he is one
• Adrian Hamilton: Lies, damn lies and Berlin speeches
We're back to propping up rotten regimes. Stability is more important than values
• Christina Patterson: Why it's hard to be a blonde in the City
A big, fat, dark, ugly man who complained about their intelligence
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