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The Political Week on Twitter May 28th – June 1st

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David Mead: "How is it that protest, free speech writ large and untainted by commercialism, has lost out?"

Comment: This is what a Peaceful Protest Act looks like

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Matthew Ashton: 'It's not unreasonable to expect a great deal more competence and professionalism.'

Comment: Westminster is so amateur it’s becoming embarrassing

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Can investment and low prices go hand in hand?

Analysis: A new deal for business?

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Nelson Ogunshakin: 'There appears to be a link between experience in PFI and the final cost to the taxpayer'

Comment: PFI is dead, long live PFI

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Gideon Skinner and James Stannard of Ipsos Mori

Analysis: Labour’s long and winding road to power

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Nick Clegg: 'We end up with entitlement at one end and exclusion at the other.'

Nick Clegg social mobility speech in full

Read Nick Clegg’s speech on social mobility in full on politics.co.uk.

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Ed Miliband: 'I am only standing here today because the British education system helped my dad break through barriers.'

Ed Miliband ‘social mobility’ speech in full

Read Ed Miliband’s full speech on social mobility in full on politics.co.uk.

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Matthew Ashton: 'I've yet to hear anyone from the Conservative benches give a coherent explanation of what they'd have done particularly differently'

Comment: The coalition can no longer blame Labour for failure

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Carl Miller: 'Social media intelligence could pay decisive dividends to public security and safety'

Comment: Social media, national security and privacy

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Labour: The front bench in full

The Labour front bench in full

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No 10's welfare cuts proposal could meet resistance from Lib Dems in the coalition

Welfare bill faces further £25bn cut

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Julie Nesbit: 'We'd like to think our voices were actually being heard'

Comment: May treats us police officers with contempt

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Nick Clegg: 'Our teachers are the key to an open and fair society; the key to the opportunity Britain I am determined we build.'

Nick Clegg ‘pupil premium’ speech in full

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Matthew Ashton: 'Reducing the amount of the press in the hands of the few would help reduce their influence over government'

Comment: Leveson shows need to limit media ownership

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Ed Miliband speech in full

Ed Miliband Progress speech in full

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Ewan Cameron: 'By focusing on race, we also run the risk of forgetting other well researched truths about sexual offending.'

Comment: Criminology shows Rochdale abuse is not about race

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Mr Perceval was shot point blank in the chest by John Billingham - a disgruntled merchant.

May 11th 1812: The untimely death of prime minister Spencer Perceval

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The future laws of England and Wales: Queen's Speech 2012

The Queen’s Speech 2012 in full

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