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Friday 5th September 2008

conservativehome.blogs.com     Sep 5, 2008          

1.15pm Charles Tannock MEP on CentreRight: The brutal application of the death penalty in Iran PlayPolitical: Gordon Brown defends "careful economic interventions" in Scottish CBI speech and RNC video biography of Sarah...                    

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Simon Jenkins: The great hope of local politics has become Margaret Thatcher in a kilt

guardian.co.uk     Sep 5, 2008   35 related          

The wax is melting. Like Margaret Thatcher before him, Salmond's downfall will date from the day he began to meddle with Scottish taxes. On Wednesday Salmond rose in the Scottish parliament and proposed a "local" income...                    

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Alpha Dogs

thefirstpost.co.uk     Sep 4, 2008          

by James Harding, Atlantic Books, 384pp, £22. The same man's firm, the political consultancy Sawyer Miller, then proceeded to get White re-elected, marketing him as "the loner in love with the city”. This was the dawn of...                    

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From across the pond - Palin and more..

tpzoo.wordpress.com     Aug 31, 2008   4,768 related          

: : : : : : : : : : What am I to say. They went out of their way to avoid the focus on McCain’s age and the possibility that Sarah Palin could be US President in a hurry. Murdoch’s The Times points out, that all’s not...                    

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Simon Jenkins: We Tilt at Windmills as World War Looms

huffingtonpost.com     Aug 25, 2008          

Is the world drifting towards a new global war? Meanwhile, along history's fault line of conflict from Russia's European border to the Caucasus and on to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, diplomats are shifting uneasily in...                    

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NATO Dithering On Many Battlefields

spacewar.com     Aug 21, 2008   431 related          

Berlin (UPI) Aug 20, 2008 - NATO has decided to suspend formal talks with Russia -- a necessary step, observers say, but one that opens yet another front in addition to the many conflicts already weighing down the alliance.                    

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Modernist master

newstatesman.co.uk     Aug 21, 2008   1 related          

Despite the carping of anti-modernist reactionaries, Le Corbusier remains the greatest architect of the 20th century and a colossal study just published does justice to his protean creativityLe Corbusier Le Grand is doubly well...                    

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Today's comment from the papers in...

timesonline.typepad.com     Aug 20, 2008          

Today in Times Comment Rosemary Righter: Ethiopia - another avoidable disaster Alice Thomson: Now let's top the education medals Magnus Linklater: Arts and heritage pay the price for gold Robert Crampton: Chris Hoy - my part in...                    

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Bush rebuking Russia? Putin must be splitting his sides

almendron.com     Aug 14, 2008   365 related          

By Simon Jenkins (THE GUARDIAN, 13/08/08): One thing is for sure. This week’s operation in Georgia has displayed the failure of the west’s policy of belligerence towards Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The policy was meant to weaken...                    

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Howard makes an upbeat return to Canberra

brisbanetimes.com.au     Aug 14, 2008   10 related          

Cathy Alexander and Simon Jenkins John Howard may have left parliament, but he can still pull a crowd in Canberra. A relaxed Mr Howard was the centre of attention, beaming at fellow recipients and joking with journalists. But...                    

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