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It may that those who see them on the news will find something distasteful in a minister trying to go about his business being booed, shoved and barracked by a collection of angry demonstrators, many of whom seemed to be untroubled by the pressures of full time employment.Indeed. That's the fault line in modern politcs: between squidy left of right of centre Tories on the one hand and faeces-fling...
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VIDEO: Defence questions
There is no evidence of any "current credible military threat" to the security of the Falkland Islands, the Defence Secretary has told MPs.
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Drought hits south-east and central England
Met Office forecasts suggest the prolonged periods of heavy rainfall needed to alleviate drought conditions across large parts of England were unlikely to occur
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MP apology over health interest
Mark Simmonds MP apologises to the Commons for failing to declare when he spoke in debates on the NHS changes that he was a paid adviser to a health firm.
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Middle eastern wars
Today in Parliament at the instigation of the Backbench Business Committee we will be debating Iran. Many of us feel it is high time Parliament debated the whole question of UK intervention in the Middle East. We need to review what has come of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. We need to
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