Monday, 22 March 2010
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Leading article: An even tougher battle now awaits the DemocratsTuesday, 23 March 2010
The bill is of vast symbolic importance for a country which had been trying to enshrine the principle of universal healthcare coverage in law for almost half a century. But this symbolic magnitude is more than matched by the substance of the bill, wh...
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Leading article: A landmark for Ireland, if not yet for CatholicismMonday, 22 March 2010
There will be those, understandably, for whom the Pope's apology is nowhere near enough. While his contrition was heartfelt and far-reaching, he offered no specific apology for the elaborate ways in which the Church had sought to cast a veil of silen...
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Leading article: The moratorium on whaling must stayTuesday, 23 March 2010
Of course the Commission plans – being hatched by committees meeting behind closed doors reading for the next meeting in Morocco in June – are not being presented as a step back in the protection of arguably the world's most majestic mammals. Perish ...
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Antony Barnett: Little has changed since the scandals of the NinetiesTuesday, 23 March 2010
Many had been advising the future Labour ministers while they were in opposition and had helped the party get elected. I had been told that some of these so-called public affairs professionals were trading their contacts and privileged access with th...
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Amol Rajan: The immediate choice facing American conservativesMonday, 22 March 2010
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Leading article: Ex-ministers for hireMonday, 22 March 2010
The closeness of the election, of course, makes the accusations against three former ministers particularly damaging, even though they deny any wrongdoing. With the MPs' expenses scandal and the Lords "cash for questions" affair lurking in the backgr...
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Colm O'Gorman: Papal letter was a disgraceful deceitMonday, 22 March 2010
But the letter failed to do any of that. There was no acceptance of responsibility for the now-established cover up, no plan to ensure that children will be properly protected around the global church, and no assurance that those who rape and abuse w...
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Jeremy Laurance: A health debate outsiders find hard to understandMonday, 22 March 2010
In truth, many Americans have long supported reform in principle. Polls have shown a majority back extending insurance cover. But when they are presented with the bill for doing so – increased taxes, curbs on benefits – attitudes harden. It was fears...
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Nicholas Jones: The way to control the banks is through their accountsMonday, 22 March 2010
This awkward truth seems particularly to have shocked Opposition politicians. Yet we can expect the Chancellor to make no mention about reforming the accounting industry. It rather begs a question: don't politicians know this sort of thing goes on in...
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Letters: Soldiers' votesTuesday, 23 March 2010
Today's much improved communications enable service personnel in even the most remote locations to let their proxies know their views on politics, in total confidentiality. I find it hard to understand why there is "little enthusiasm" among service p...
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Leading article: New dimensionTuesday, 23 March 2010
Every cinema-goer would one day sit in the dark wearing silly glasses watching objects appear to fly out of the screen. But now, as we report, some are beginning to complain of headache and dull colours. And the old cry that 3D is simply a gimmick to...
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James Dacre: American words, British productionTuesday, 23 March 2010
On Sunday that play – The Mountaintop – won Best New Play at the Olivier Awards for its world premiere in London. It was developed and produced under exactly the same circumstances – and with exactly the same spirit – as our first project together. G...
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Steve Easterbrook: Young people know the value of work experience in a recessionTuesday, 23 March 2010
We give thousands of young people their first job every year. But for many of their friends getting that first taste of work is harder than ever. The Level 2 BTEC we offer recognises a wide range of work skills gained over 80 hours – a significant am...
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Michael McCarthy: Down by the river with winged wondersTuesday, 23 March 2010
They spend most of their lives as wingless larvae in rivers, then emerge at the surface for a life of flight and egg-laying as ephemeral as the name of their order suggests. Trout adore them, and so do trout fishermen, who imitate them with hair and ...
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Letters: NHS summary care recordsMonday, 22 March 2010
I am an ageing patient who is currently treated by two hospitals, neither of which knows what tests and treatments the other one has given me. I find this dangerous. Moreover, when I meet a new doctor in a new surgery, I find I can no longer remember...
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Leading article: No first lady, sheMonday, 22 March 2010
How did we get to the point where an attractive, adoring and professionally accomplished wife was a necessary accoutrement of the successful leader? Ms Gonzalez Durantez may indeed be all three, but we should have no truck with the trend towards "fir...
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Alex Salmond: They can cut Scotland out of the debates but not the argumentMonday, 22 March 2010
And the capitulation of the broadcasters in that stitch-up is a democratic outrage. They have even told us our nation is irrelevant to the outcome. But they have forgotten the most important thing. Elections aren't just won in the TV studios. It isn'...
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