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Tories accuse Brown of selling out the City
PM accused of failing to protect British national interest by handing the French a powerful European post which could allow them to shackle the City of London.
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David Curry: 'I'm Yorkshire's second-cheapest MP'
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Conservative forced to quit anti-sleaze committee over expenses hits back
Politics is a nice little earner – if you're a Tory
Saturday, 21 November 2009
Harvard study reveals the financial benefits of winning a seat in the House of Commons
British troops 'could withdraw from Germany' under Tories
Saturday, 21 November 2009
British troops could be withdrawn from Germany for good, nearly 70 years after the end of the Second World War, if the Conservatives win the general election, it was revealed today.
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Saturday, 21 November 2009
The plot thickens*Yesterday, we learnt that the Tory MP David Curry has resigned the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Standards Committee because he has been claiming for a second home that he rarely uses because his wife allegedly would not let him because that was where she suspected he had conducted an affair.
Illegal downloaders face broadband limits
Friday, 20 November 2009
Michael Savage: Copyright abusers could even be cut off under new laws published by the Government today.
Ashcroft asked questions in Lords about tropical idylls
Friday, 20 November 2009
Caribbean the focus of Tory donor's recent queries in the upper house
Benefits could be axed to fund care for the elderly
Friday, 20 November 2009
Central plank of Queen's Speech in danger of collapsing after attack from all sides
Brown appeals to Labour MPs over Afghan war
Friday, 20 November 2009
Email attempts to head off calls for a Commons vote on pulling out troops
Expenses-row MP dismisses 'house ban' claim
Friday, 20 November 2009
The head of the Commons committee that deals with MPs' expenses abuse dismissed an allegation that his wife banned him from the constituency home he claimed for as "akin to Harry Potter" today.
Brown: We'll provide what's needed in flood crisis
Friday, 20 November 2009
The Government will provide anything needed to help during the flooding which has seen hundreds of people evacuated from their homes, Gordon Brown said today.
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7 Politics is a nice little earner – if you're a Tory
8 British troops 'could withdraw from Germany' under Tories
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10 Man who killed his wife while sleeping goes free
11 Minor British Institutions: Fisherman's Friends
12 'EastEnders' festive scripts stolen from writer
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2 The 'biblical' deluge that broke all the records
3 Brown visits flood devastation region
4 British troops 'could withdraw from Germany' under Tories
5 Man dies after nightclub shooting
6 Ancient royal tomb found in Scotland
7 Minor British Institutions: Fisherman's Friends
8 Husband was 'killed on wife's orders to settle debts'
9 George Michael: Why I had to keep my homosexuality secret
10 'EastEnders' festive scripts stolen from writer
11 Early-release prisoners back to crime
12 Ashcroft asked questions in Lords about tropical idylls
13 Politics is a nice little earner – if you're a Tory
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8Leading article: Safe and boring ? but the new EU line-up does the job
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• Brian Viner: Sorry, Roy, but Ireland played like superstars
It would be nice if Roy Keane could show some generosity of spirit.
• Christina Patterson: What we learn from the Sikh in the BNP
For ethnic harmony, you can go the route of a Tito or a Saddam Hussein.
• Andrew Grice: Blair beaten, but a coup for PM nonetheless
Mr Blair would have loved to become a powerful figurehead for Europe.
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