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9 min ago | Congleton Guardian

Deal rescues gay marriage bill

The move to extend civil partnerships to heterosexual couples was easily defeated in a free vote by a large majority of 370 The legalisation of gay marriage is poised to be approved by MPs after surviving a Tory backbench bid to derail it.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding

4 hrs ago | Commentary Magazine

Britain, the EU, and Reverse Integration

In 2007, James Mann published a book called The China Fantasy , about American leaders downplaying Chinese human rights violations in the interest of integrating China into the global economy.

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8 hrs ago | The Guardian

Politics needs mavericks, not just the same old chumocracy and groupthink | Jenni Russell

Suddenly there are new faces on our television screens, and new, agitated, indignant voices on the airwaves.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Kids, Family

12 hrs ago | IcStafford

Morning news headlines for May 20, 2013

The coalition's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the issue THE coalition's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons today with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the issue.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Wedding, Explosion

16 hrs ago | Morning Star

Let's get Britain back on track

John Maynard Keynes, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century, explained how a government spends, rather than cuts, its way out of recession.

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Related Topix: Labour Party (UK), Prison, Travel, United Kingdom Travel, Europe Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel, Manchester, United Kingdom Travel, New Zealand Travel, Pacific Travel, Scotland, New Zealand Travel

20 hrs ago | The Guardian

Lord Feldman, loons and press hypocrisy

The reporters must have known they were being a bit fly, but a story's a story, especially a story about Europe The controversy over the unidentified source of the " mad, swivel-eyed loons " remark about Tory activists, attributed to one of David Cameron's closest advisers - the one with "strong social connections to the PM", hint, hint - has taken ... (more)

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Sun May 19, 2013

Newsday

Business leaders attack Eurosceptics

In a letter to the Independent, figures from BT, Shell, Lloyds Banking Group and Deloitte, estimated membership was worth up to A 92bn a year to Britain.

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The Guardian

Scotland's tough call: stay in the UK, or stay in the EU? | Angus Roxburgh

The Scots are accustomed to having their views ignored in the British political system.

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Maldonandburnham Standard

MPs to debate gay marriage plans

The coalition's controversial gay marriage legislation returns to the Commons with Tory MPs and activists deeply split over the issue.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Gay/Lesbian

Globe and Mail

Britain's Cameron 'losing control' as rift with Conservative Party core widens

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at the Global Investment Conference in London May 9, 2013.

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Mirror.co.uk

David Cameron stinks of defeat

The overpowering smell of failure, incompetence and chaos is suffocating. Cameron's difficulties started when he failed to win outright three years ago in what were good times for the Tories.

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The First Post

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 19 May 2013

Lord Howe, the former Tory chancellor who triggered the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, has launched a bitter attack on David Cameron in The Observer, accusing him of "running scared" of his backbenchers and presiding over the party's "long, nervous breakdown over Europe". Tory co-chairman Andrew Feldman has denied claims he described party ... (more)

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Townhall

The Poll of Doom: 46% in UK Want to Exit EU, 30% Want to Stay In

Asked the exact question Conservatives want to put the public in the 2017 referendum "Do you think that the UK should remain a member of the EU" 46 per cent opt to come out, a higher figure than in other recent surveys.

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The Independent

MPs in line for A 20,000 pay rise in move likely to spark public anger

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Spiked

A nightmare vision of the welfarist trap

Among a broad spectrum of British left-wingers, the welfare state is treated as the most sacred institution in British society.

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Related Topix: Parenting

Sat May 18, 2013

Mirror.co.uk

Why charging for plastic bags is not the answer

Tory MPs hell-bent on us going it alone should take care what they wish for, writes the Sunday People's Nigel Nelson What I cannot A understand is how the same strong emotions can be conjured up by shopping bags.

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Sky News

Tory Peer Denies Calling Activists 'Loons'

Lord Feldman spoke out after internet rumours took hold that he was behind the reported jibe by a member of David Cameron's inner circle.

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The Guardian

Tory party out of control over Europe, says Lord Howe

Lord Howe has accused David Cameron of running scared of his backbenchers and endangering Britain's future in Europe.

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The Guardian

Tories just about held it together in the past. This time it's different | Andrew Rawnsley

Barack Obama and David Cameron at the White House in Washington, DC, May 13, 2013.

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Times-series.co.uk

Ukip hits opinion poll high of 19%

Support for Nigel Farage's UK Independence Party has reached a record 19 per cent, according to a ComRes poll Support for the UK Independence Party has reached a record 19%, according to a poll which saw both Labour and the Tories losing ground.

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