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'Iraq invasion was of questionable legitimacy' new
Friday, 27 November 2009
The invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said today.
Why Conservatives failed the test on Islamic schools
Friday, 27 November 2009
Richard Garner explains how the Tory leader's attack on the Government has unravelled
Gordon Brown proposes £10 billion fund to fight climate change new
Friday, 27 November 2009
Gordon Brown proposed a new global fund today to "kickstart" the Copenhagen climate change process and encourage poorer countries to start cutting greenhouse gas emissions immediately.
Triple blow for Tories in council by-elections new
Friday, 27 November 2009
Liberal Democrats dealt a heavy blow to Tories in the latest council by-elections, taking three seats off them.
Afghanistan 'needs political solution'
Friday, 27 November 2009
The struggle in Afghanistan will not be won by military means alone, Gordon Brown admitted last night as he warned that it must be accompanied by a political solution.
Tories' public services plan 'will save billions'
Friday, 27 November 2009
Conservatives propose to transform public sector with payment-by-results scheme
Attorney General's former housekeeper charged new
Friday, 27 November 2009
Baroness Scotland's former housekeeper was today charged with a string of immigration offences.
MPs are us: visiting Parliament reveals a very human mix of personalities and behaviours
Friday, 27 November 2009
We’ve seen the headlines, read the comment threads, heard the conversations in the pubs and over the dinner table: MPs are not like us, they are not good people.
Diplomat attacks Blair's Iraq decision
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Sir Christopher Meyer, the former British ambassador to the United States, said that Margaret Thatcher would have insisted on a more coherent strategy.
Iraq: The inquiry cover-up that will keep us in the dark
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Gordon Brown was accused of strangling the Iraq war inquiry at birth by refusing to let it make public sensitive documents that shed light on the conflict.
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