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3 hrs ago | BBC News

Tory 'loons' remarks on front pages

Remarks said to have been made by one of David Cameron's closest allies, at a private dinner, find their way on to the front page of several papers.

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Related Topix: Wedding

8 hrs ago | The Spectator

Nigel Farage Comes to the Brave New Scotland

I am not quite sure I understand why Nigel Farage opted to launch UKIP's Aberdeen by-election campaign in Edinburgh.

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Related Topix: Europe, Lothian County, Scotland, World News, United Kingdom,

12 hrs ago | The Guardian

UK's climate change adaptation team cut from 38 officials to just six

John Ashton said the UK could not move out of recession without looking to green industries.

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Related Topix: Weather, Activism, Global Warming

16 hrs ago | Politicalbetting.com

Are Mandelson, Alexander and Clarke the best pro-Europeans can do?

This week we've seen growing numbers of politicians past and present suggest that they'd be prepared to vote for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum.

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Related Topix: Labour Party (UK)

20 hrs ago | Ely Standard

MP Barclay one of 116 Tory MPs to support referendum on continued EU membership

MP STEVE Barclay aligned himself to the group of Tory MPs wanting a referendum on this country's members of the European Union.

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Related Topix: United Kingdom, Cambridgeshire County, England

Yesterday | Politicalbetting.com

Local By-Election Preview : May 16th 2013

Coker on Somerset Last Council Election : Con 28, Lib Dem 18, Lab 3, UKIP 3, Ind 2 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,454 Con 1,365 Green 249 Ind 131 Last Ward Election : Lib Dem 1,687 Con 1,559 Green 271 Ind 151 Somerset has always been a Conservative / Liberal Democrat battleground going back as far as 1989.

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Related Topix: Somerset County, England, United Kingdom, World News, Dorset County, England,

Thu May 16, 2013

Sofia News Agency

The Politics of Immigration

The Economist On May 8th a descendant of German immigrants sat in Parliament and announced a series of measures intended to make life harder for future arrivals on Britain 's shores.

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Related Topix: Labour Party (UK), Europe, World News, United Kingdom

BBC News

Don't panic about UKIP, says Fox

Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox has said the Conservatives "don't need to panic about UKIP" and should try to avoid "internal strife" on Europe.

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The Spectator

What does Cameron actually want back from Brussels?

David Cameron needs to work out what exactly it is that he wants from negotiations with EU leaders.

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Newsday

Boston reacts to UKIP's success

UKIP surprised many people in Lincolnshire by taking 16 seats off the Conservatives at the local elections.

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Maldonandburnham Standard

Parliament to get referendum debate

Parliament is to get the chance to debate legislation paving the way for a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, after a Conservative MP announced he would table a Private Member's Bill.

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IcNetwork

Vince Cable to launch attack on eurosceptics after Commons referendum vote

Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable will blast advocates of EU withdrawal as "self-indulgent and reckless" a day after more than 100 Conservatives rocked the coalition by voting in support of a referendum.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Carmarthenshire County, Wales,

The Guardian

Cameron snubbed by 114 Tory MPs over absence of EU poll in Queen's speech

Sceptical: Douglas Carswell MP wants Tories to unite behind a private members' bill to achieve a plebiscite on EU membership.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Maldonandburnham Standard

Tories press on with EU poll plans

The Tory leadership will attempt to push forward plans paving the way for a future in/out EU poll by piggy-backing on backbench legislation.

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Mirror.co.uk

Petrol price fixing scandal: Call for oil giant bosses to be jailed if they're found guilty

The alleged price rigging has been going on since 2002, during which time petrol prices have risen by an astonishing 80% The bosses of oil giants engulfed in a price fixing scandal could be jailed if they are found guilty, David Cameron warned today.

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The Guardian

Wife of businessman involved in Aitken scandal gives Tories A 1m

Mrs Makhzoumi's husband, Fouad, was involved in the scandal which brought down the disgraced Conservative politician Jonathan Aitken.

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The Spectator

Exclusive: Nigel Farage says yes to Dorries and backs joint Tory and Labour Ukip candidates

Following Isabel's revelation that the newly-reinstated Nadine Dorries will be pursuing an electoral pact with Ukip, Nigel Farage reveals he is open not just to Dorries' advances but also those of other Conservative and Labour MPs.

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The Guardian

Give young people a voice in the EU referendum debate | Selina Nwulu

The fact that most 18- to 34-year-olds are happy with the UK's relationship with Europe has been lost in the rhetoric Ukip's recent rise in popularity and the increased fervour behind talks of an EU referendum has placed the matter of the UK's future within Europe at the forefront of the mainstream agenda.

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IcStafford

David Cameron, Stuart Hazell, Sir Mervyn King and Prince Harry

Norwegian company Statoil also confirmed its office in Stavanger was inspected by officials from the European Commission yesterday as motoring campaigners spoke of fears of consumers being conned.

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Related Topix: World News, Prince Harry, Statoil ASA, Oil & Gas, Pop/Rock, John Lennon, NHS

The Guardian

Were the Victorians cleverer than us? It depends which way you look at it | Stephen Moss

We should seek neither to dismiss nor to deify the Victorians; rather we should try to understand them, and our view of them New research in the journal Intelligence suggests the Victorians were naturally cleverer than we are, and draws the startling conclusion that "the Victorian era was marked by an explosion of innovation and genius, per capita ... (more)

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine