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Letters: The right time to talk to the Lib Dems
John Kampfner discusses the issues of the No vote and the desire, by Labour supporters such as myself, to humiliate Nick Clegg (Revenge is sweet but Labour will need Clegg after 5 May, 3 May)....
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Letters: First steps on the road to proportional representation
I view the strategy for UK becoming a democratic state with a proportional representation voting system as similar to the campaign for women's suffrage. The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave...
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Letters: Polls and pundits
There is a fairer alternative to AV: mandatory voting. Eighteen western democracies use it and the principle of citizens being required to vote in return for all the benefits they enjoy – education,...
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Letters: A remedy for low electoral turnout
Little has been said about the positive effect of a Yes vote on electoral turnout. Since the 1950s voting numbers have generally fallen, with under 63% voting in last year's general election. While a...
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Corrections and clarifications
• In an article about the impending UK referendum on a possible change to the alternative vote system, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation was once again wrongly described as a big donor to the Yes campaign...
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AV referendum: The fairer alternative | Editorial
Otherwise progressive Labour voters who are contemplating a no vote have a special responsibility to think againThere is a built-in difficulty with all referendums. You ask the voters one question –...
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Country Diary: Wenlock Edge
There – where pines let out on to the open hill, where sunlight and shadow slid across old ant tumps – a stick? No, not a stick; something altogether different, softer, earth-coloured, a thing which...
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Libyan leaders may face UN arrest warrants for war crimes
Reports suggest warrants could include Gaddafi and his son Saif al-Islam in move intended to increase pressure on TripoliSenior Libyan officials face international arrest warrants for crimes against...
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Ian Tomlinson: Unlawfully killed by the law | Editorial
Justice in the individual case is still far from certain, but following the inquest's verdict it is at least a possibility once againNothing could be more serious than the state taking the life of one...
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In praise of … hunting for black boxes | Editorial
The retrieval of two Air France flight recorders from the Atlantic renders the needles and haystacks cliche woefully inadequateThe resolution of one long hunt is dominating the news, but by any...
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President Asif Ali Zardari hits back at US accusations that his country knew al-Qaida leader Bin Laden was in AbbottabadSteve Bell
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Portugal settles terms of €78bn bailout with EU and IMF
Acting prime minister José Socrates says Portugal must slash its deficit from 9.1% to 5.9% this year under terms of dealPortugal's caretaker government said that it had negotiated a €78bn bailout deal...
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Osama bin Laden's last hours come into focus as White House revises its story
While US officials amend narrative of raid, Abbottabad residents describe Bin Laden's 'mansion' and the brothers who built itBy the time Pakistani soldiers lifted the cordon around Osama bin Laden's...
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US trawls al-Qaida 'treasure trove' of seized hard drives
Intelligence officers hope information produced by Osama bin Laden will allow them to 'pummel' terror networkThe United States is determined to capitalise on the death of Osama bin Laden and destroy...
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Police officer who struck Ian Tomlinson could face manslaughter trial
Director of public prosecution to review earlier decision following jury's finding that newspaper vendor was 'unlawfully killed'Britain's most senior prosecutor has said he was considering whether to...
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Tomlinson inquest: Review to test evidence for a criminal trial
Keir Starmer, director of public prosecutions, will review the decision not to prosecute anyone in connection with Ian Tomlinson's deathThe director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has ordered...
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Shops fear bleak summer with sharp rise in prices
• Food inflation up to 4.7% as commodities surge• Industry urges Bank of England not to raise ratesRetailers today blamed a surge in the cost of basic commodities for a jump in shop price inflation...
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Osama bin Laden death: No mourning or celebration in Pakistan | Mohammed Hanif
Pakistan's reaction to the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden muted by concerns over jobs and securityThere were no celebrations. And there was no mourning. It didn't occur to anyone to make an...
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'Farmville' project with real animals launched by National Trust
Inspired by popular game, MyFarm will allow up to 10,000 members to vote on all major matters on Wimpole Estate farmA large working farm will be taken over for the first time by web users across the...
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Ian Tomlinson inquest: medical queries addressed to Freddy Patel
The central question was a medical one: did he lose his life because of a heart attack or because of internal bleeding? The central question at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson, who died in...
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