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Archive of articles from 2011
Huhne: Warsi running 'Goebbels-like campaign'
Warsi: AV gives more power to fascists
Baroness Warsi gave a speech yesterday arguing AV would benefit extreme parties:
Ghose: BNP campaigning for a 'no' vote
Katie Ghose, chair of Yes to Fairer Votes, said in response to Baroness Warsi's claims that AV would benefit fringe parties:
Comment: Govt is mounting concerted attack against Wales' voice in parliament
The Tories want partisan advantage from 'English votes for English laws' at the expense of the Union.
PMQs as-it-happened
All the details of this week's PMQs, in which David Cameron branded Ed Balls "the most annoying person in politics".
Cooper: Cuts will 'inevitably' hit the frontline
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said in response to the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report defining frontline policing:
Herbert: Frontline services need 'efficiency'
Policing minister Nick Herbert said in response to the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary report defining frontline policing:
PMQs sketch: Cameron applies to be Miliband's best man
A best man's role is to tell jokes at the expense of the groom. Miliband hasn't chosen one, but it's not too late to ask the prime minister.
Comment: Ed Miliband should treat politics like his personal life
Ed Miliband gambled on the tolerance of the British public and it paid off. If he shows the same courage in politics, he could win the election.
Comment: Govt policy on DLA lacks clarity and purpose
Denying disabled people support risks greater social exclusion, poverty and isolation.
Sir Denis O'Connor: Police need 'system transformation'
Sir Denis O'Connor, chief inspector of constabulary, spoke to the Today programme after the publication of his report defining frontline policing:
Video: Cameron turns on Balls
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Comment: Humanitarian need must take precedence over politics
Helping people survive in the face of disaster should never be conditional.
Comment: First-time buyers are the lifeblood of the housing market
The Budget provides a vital first step, but the government must allow the free market to govern housing.
Lord Reid: AV will give fringe voters six votes
Lord Reid, former home secretary and patron of the 'no' to AV campaign, said in response to the 'yes' campaign's launch event:
Miliband: AV will reflect progressive majority
Labour leader Ed Miliband praised the values of the alternative vote system at the campaign event:
Hague: First past the post allowed Britain to 'punch above our weight'
William Hague, foreign secretary, four former foreign secretaries and three former Foreign Office ministers have signed a letter to the Times opposing the alternative vote:
Comment: Theresa May's response to protest violence shows her liberalism is skin deep
The home secretary's knee-jerk authoritarianism has no bearing to what happened at the anti-cuts protest.
Broadhurst: Police actions prevented further violence
Met Commander Bob Broadhurst responded to criticism of the police on the Today programme:
Miliband: We 'stand on the shoulders' of past protest movements
Ed Miliband addressed the crowds in Hyde Park on Saturday:
Johnson: Labour 'quietly satisfied' by the violence
London Mayor Boris Johnson attacked Labour's response to the violence at Saturday's march in an article in the Daily Telegraph:
Sketch: Yates and Bryant sent to the headmaster's office
It's harder to abuse someone to their face than behind their back. The guilt, the doubt, the look in their eyes: all combine to leave you feeling. deflated.
Comment: A long and arduous road to tax integration
A potentially radical change could be on the way.
Anti-cuts anarchists smash up London: In pictures
Images from central London reveal the violence and damage caused by splinter groups from the main March for the Alternative.
Eyewitness: On the frontline with anarchist demonstrators
Anarchists used an intrinsically chaotic system to stay one step ahead of the police. But they picked a poor day to do it.
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