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The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant story)

 

1. ‘Blairites manipulating Labour selection process’ – Len McCluskey hits back, Unite leader accuses Lord Sainsbury and Progress of funding party in order to get favoured candidates into safe seats
2. Only nine Unite-backed candidates have won Labour nominations
3. The public still thinks that Ed Miliband is weak
4. This extraordinary fortnight has marked a sea-change in British politics
5. How the Tories plan to attack Ukip
6. A rather gloomy picture for Dave – A YouGov Poll on Tory members
7. A rather gloomy picture for Dave, London Tories but not Boris.
8.  Could Labour shoot the Government’s fox – or rather, its white elephant: HS2?
9. Yesterday was the 25th Anniversary of Paddy Ashdown’s election as Lib Dem Leader.
10. The rise and rise of austerity blogs
11. Osama bin Laden was stopped for speeding in car while on run in Pakistan report reveals. The hunt for Osama bin Laden might have ended eight years earlier had a Pakistani traffic policeman spotted the world’s most wanted man in a car he had stopped for speeding.
12. Egypt braced for more violence after ‘massacre’ of Morsi supporters. Muslim Brotherhood condemns killings in Cairo while army blames attack by ‘terrorist group’
13. Texas Governor Rick Perry has announced he will not seek a fourth term in office next year.
14. Sarah Palin Open To Leaving GOP And Starting Third Party
15. After playing the role of Hannibal to Warren Gatland’s Scipio this weekend, Robbie Deans is removed as the Wallabies coach
16. After playing to the role of Scipio to Djokovic’s Hannibal, this is Andy Murray’s reward for his shellacking of Djokovic. 
17. Australia’s triumph in the 1989 Ashes is a cautionary tale for those who think England barely need to lift a finger to retain the urn this year
18. Boris on A phallic protrusion and a whopper
19. Boris: why women go to university.
20. SeanT reveals how he posed as a Left-wing nutjob on the Guardian’s Comment is Free – and got away with it
21. Six Things That Will Happen Now That The Sanctity Of Marriage Is Destroyed

 

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