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There is something fundamentally immoral about a system that has paved the way for a wretched life of drug addiction for a more than quarter of a million British people. Even the most ardent socialist could not argue that this is compassionate; all the more reason why the welfare state needs urgent, radical change.
Brown announces his agricultural policy
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Darling's position of strength
Interviewed in today's Indy, Alistair Darling's "get real" warning to the bankers seems to be grabbing the headlines - but...
Things the Tories shouldn't do
It strikes me as being in both bad taste and politically foolish for Alan Duncan to suggest that Gordon Brown...
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