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Victory in Europe at last?

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The latest stand-off between Britain and Germany will of course have a range of consequences for this country: some good, some bad.  To understand the reality behind this political pantomime, we should first step back and put recent events into perspective. It has actually been a slow but relentless strategy on the part of the

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Third time lucky for the Germans? Beware the new ‘auditors’.

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So now Germany is telling the spineless Cameron what to do on a referendum.  (Telegraph, 18 Nov). Cameron looks increasingly like a modern Neville Chamberlain.  Appeasement of the Germans for fear of causing trouble didn’t work the first time and it won’t work this time. His lack of leadership, and the Tories’ refusal to let

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Tories privatise the nation, as planned. British people take the hit.

The effects of Tories privatising Britain are starting to hit home, and it’s the people who take the hit, not the rich or the bankers who created the problems. Well, what did people expect when they voted Tory last year?  Were they taken in by the nice green tree in their new logo?  No more

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Tories desperate for Cameron to lose 'toff' image.Boris gets away with it. We're not fooled, either way

If you read the Tory blog, ‘conservativehome‘, you’ll see they’re deluding themselves into thinking that David  ‘call me Dave’ Cameron has escaped his ‘toff’ tag just because Labour aren’t using it as a jibe now. (Cameron is shown, left, next to his ancestor, King William IV – also known as ‘Silly Billy’ – who twice

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