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What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.
What you call austerity is what I might call efficiency.
Can I say anything good about Ken Livinstone? A long time ago he did some good things, but I
I have never asked a prime minister for anything
I want us to do better.. it's been a difficult month. Governments have difficult months... We're involved in an
So on the Tuesday night deadline, while Abu Qatada was appealing to European Court judges, the Home Secretary, who
[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.
I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax
I usually agree with Nick Clegg and most of the Liberals on these things.
We have not ducked the difficult choices weve taken them head on. A competitive top rate of tax. More revenues
