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Nicholas Watt recalls discussing with the former Labour leader the 2008 state takeover of the banks – something Foot had advocated in 1983As he entered his final years, Michael Foot took comfort that he had finally been vindicated.The famous 1983 Labour...
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The death of Michael Foot was announced shortly after 12pm today. I'll be reporting on the tributes to one of the giants of Labour postwar politics as they come in.2.22pm: Neil Kinnock has written a tribute to Foot for Comment is Free. Here's the...
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Being a member of parliament comes 10th in a list of 14 professions covered in the annual Audit of Political EngagementThe Hansard Society has today published its annual Audit of Political Engagement. We've got a story about the conclusions on the site...
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The more David Cameron tries to shrug it off, the more people wonder what hold Lord Ashcroft has over him – or the partyWhat a cheering story on today's Guardian City pages, one which salutes the power of great wealth to do good as well as harm, a power...
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Follow the action as Harriet Harman and William Hague stand in for their party leaders at PMQs11.14am: It's Harriet Harman versus William Hague today. Gordon Brown is tied up with Jacob Zuma's state visit. Preparing for PMQs is normally an ordeal, but...
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Shadow foreign secretary is under pressure to explain when he found out Lord Ashcroft was a non-domWith William Hague under pressure today to explain when he found out that Lord Ashcroft was a non-dom, you might enjoy watching what happened when Jeremy...
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Tories combining same sort of targeting Labour used in 1997 with extensive YouGov polling of groups as large as 10,000The level of sophistication behind Lord Ashcroft's "target seat operation" is revealed in an extensive article for Wired magazine, which...
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The Manchester United forward's latest addition to his armoury is another step on the path to greatnessThe Germans have a knack for bestowing their football players with pithy nicknames: Kaiser for Franz Beckenbauer, Bomber for Gerd Müller and Afro-Paule...
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On Monday, we asked you to tell us about Tory campaigning where you live following the confirmation from Lord Ashcroft, the Tory deputy chairman, that he has non-domicile tax status. Ashcroft is a major donor to the Conservatives' target seat fund. Below...
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Welcome to guardian.co.uk's new politics front page. This is the first of several fast-moving news areas that we will shortly be presenting in this format.As politics builds to fever pitch towards the general election, we hope this layout will provide a...
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Unlike Tony Blair's class of 1997, the Tory leader's top team lacks political weight and experienceThere's not much doubt about it. The slide in the Tories' lead in the opinion polls and the uproar over Lord Ashcroft's sneaky tax status has made the...
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The 17th century radicals, not the bandThe Levellers — the 17th century radicals, not the band — are normally claimed by the left. They were anti-establisment and pro-democracy, and Tony Benn is a great admirer (there's an article about them by him on...
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For the last year, the Guardian has taken a very open attitude to the information we gather - we want you to use it. To that end we are making available through our Open Platform general election results back to 1992, general election candidates back to...
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The Tory attitude to this scandal says a lot about the party and its self-image as one born to ruleSo now we know. He's a non-dom.As my colleague, Michael White, who is not easily shockable nor prone to getting over excited, says in his piercing analysis...
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Take one spreadsheet, some programming and a receipt printer and see what you getMPs' expenses was the dataset that lauched a thousand visualisations - you may have seen the charts and graphics. Ben O'Steen opted for a unique approach on his Random Hacks...