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Des Brown: 'Ukip is to the Conservatives what the far left is to Labour.'

Comment: Ukip are much easier to defeat than the Tories imagine

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Ewen Speed is a sociologist and co-editor of the blog 'Cost of Living'.

Comment: Labour doesn’t have the guts to challenge Osborne on welfare

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Charlotte Henry: 'Nick Clegg - the liberal–to-his-fingertips leader I'd pounded streets, knocked on doors, and been criticised on TV for - reappeared.'

Lib Dem diary: Have we got our Nick Clegg back?

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Niamh Eastwood: 'The debate on drug policy and drug treatment is difficult enough in the UK without politicians espousing information that is incorrect.'

Comment: Everything Lansley said about drugs is inaccurate

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Matthew Ashton: 'In British politics there's no such thing as an indispensable man, but at the moment George Osborne is the nearest thing to it.'

Comment: Osborne’s mistakes pile up, but he remains secure

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David Cameron local election speech in full

David Cameron local election launch speech in full

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Charlotte Henry: 'I'm not sure the Lib Dems have really known how to play the situation'

Lib Dem diary: Our trouble with Thatcher

Labour and the Tories knew where they were with Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady. Lib Dems, once again, got squeezed in the middle.

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Cassie Chambers: The success of terrorism yesterday should only strengthen our resolve not to let the terrorists win today, tomorrow, or any other day in the future.

A plea from Boston

After the Boston Marathon bombing, a local resident issues a plea to the London Marathon: Show us solidarity and get running

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Matt Ashton: 'The fact that the students did all make it in and out safely shouldn't mean that these questions should be ignored.'

Comment: We already knew North Korea is vile

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This image shows the Wicked Witch before she was dead

Thatcher struggle overshadows singles chart

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Kya Suleyman: 'This bill is, without a doubt, the first in what will be a series of attempts to really address the root cause of drug abuse: the black market.'

Comment: What can the UK learn from New Zealand’s radical new drugs bill?

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Nick Clegg's tribute to Thatcher in full

Nick Clegg tribute to Thatcher in full

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Ed Miliband Thatcher tribute in full

Ed Miliband Thatcher tribute in full

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David Cameron Thatcher tribute in full

David Cameron tribute to Thatcher in full

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Ipsa has approved nearly £4k of expenses for MPs returning overseas for Thatcher debate

Green light for Thatcher tribute expenses

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Charlotte Henry: 'When you've had a female prime minister, it becomes a lot harder for local parties to say a woman shouldn't be the candidate.'

Comment: The Iron Lady showed women they had a place at the top table

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Twitter and Facebook react to the news of Thatcher's death

Infographic: Margaret Thatcher – the social media reaction

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Ed Miliband's local election speech in full

Ed Miliband local election speech in full

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A South Korean soldier stands on a military guard post near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas in the border city of Paju on April 5, 2013.

Foreign Office refuses to rule out evacuating North Korean embassy

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