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Cameron statement on Algeria hostage crisis in full

Cameron hostage crisis statement in full

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Glenda Jackson: "The kind of behaviour you saw in parliament would not be tolerated for 30 seconds in a professional theatre."

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Ian Dunt: 'This is about the kind of country we have become'

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Parliament in the snow: Cameron prepares to brief the Commons on events in lLgeria.

Cameron hostage crisis statement as-it-happened

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Ed Miliband comments on Algerian hostage crisis

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To EU or not to EU? We might never know the answer.

Week in Review: The interminable wait for a predictable speech

David Cameron’s Holland speech on an EU referendum was cancelled due to a hostage crisis in Algeria – itself a possible result of trouble in Mali. Does that mean we really have to put up with another week of everyone giving their opinion on Europe?

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