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Britain's traditional adherence to strong governments with solid, first-past-the-post majorities is actually at variance with the facts. Take away minority governments at Westminster, usually Liberal with Labour support (or v (Read More)
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Mark Tran profiles the six people conducting the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq warSir John ChilcotA former Whitehall mandarin, Chilcot is a Cambridge graduate who retired from the civil service at the end of 1997 after seven (Read More)
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Rather than worrying about the costs of redecorating his new apartment, surely new Speaker Bercow would be better occupied by establishing a Speaker's commission to examine the protocols involved if the next general election (Read More)
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• Director of prosecutions to decide if trials take place• Accused parliamentarians all deny wrongdoingScotland Yard believes it has uncovered enough evidence to bring criminal charges against four MPs and peers for allegedly (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Police have not named the four, but they reportedly include members of both Lords and CommonsProsecutors have been asked to consider charging four parliamentarians in relation to expenses abuses, Scotland Yard said today.File (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 2 (Read More)
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The new EU foreign minister is an alumnus of my sixth-form college in WiganThere was one crucial detail missing from this week's many profiles of Baroness Ashton, the EU's first high representative for common foreign and secu (Read More)
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There is a lot of sense in Tory thinking but they must do more to close the gap between rich and poorAlthough the next election sometimes seems like a choice between root canal work and an operation for haemorrhoids, I do at (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
With today's poll suggesting a shrinking Tory lead, David Cameron could find himself governing with a tiny majority or none at allA spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a hung parliament. The prosp (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Politics:
If the Tory leader wins the next election, he faces a media battle between News Corp and Google which could split his inner circleIt's the war for Cameron's ear. Greeting David Cameron, should he win the keys to 10 Downing S (Read More)
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Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlinesStripped blogger Belle de JourThe blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true (Read More)
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As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids (The great EU stitch-up, 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to b (Read More)
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Cathy Ashton's meteoric rise has surprised many, but not those who know her bestWhen Cathy Ashton arrived in Brussels at short notice just over a year ago she had to attend to some urgent business: removing traces of her pred (Read More)
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Shadow foreign secretary says French newspapers reported peer got foreign minister post in return for assurance that French MEP would become commission vice-presidentWilliam Hague today suggested the appointment of the Britis (Read More)
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The televising of the Commons, begun 20 years ago, was inevitable – but it has diminished the chamberIs it really 20 years since they fitted new, brighter lights above the chamber of the Commons, drove out those atmospheric, (Read More)
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British peer says she will show she is the best person for the job of European foreign minister over the next few months and yearsEurope's eight-year quest to establish a simpler and more democratic regime came to a dramatic (Read More)
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In the space of a few minutes in Brussels , Cathy Ashton found herself catapulted into the international limelight as one of the world's most powerful women.It is a quite spectacular rise by any standards.Thirteen months ago (Read More)
Guardian Unlimited: Technology:
Following on from the story earlier today about Lord Mandelson's plans to get an amendment made to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA) of 1988 that would allow him - or any future secretary of state for industry - t (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
UK politician who will become EU foreign minister has strong background in human rights, civil justice and equalityCathy Ashton, who was given a life peerage in 1999, has forged a successful political career serving both as l (Read More)
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I sense growing detachment, alienation and indifference where the monarchy is concernedThe Westminster neighbourhood should be back to normal this morning after the Queen's golden coach and all those metal railings have been (Read More)
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