ElPais
La oposición de La Nucia exige al alcalde que aclare el pago a Gürtel
El Ayuntamiento dio a la trama 120.000 euros más de lo debido por un acto
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ElPais
Exclusión y alternancia en la política
El sistema de turnos de Cánovas es parte de una oportuna revisión del pasado
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The Guardian
US pushes Europe to amend arms embargo on Syrian rebels
John Kerry seeks support for British-led move as means of pressuring Bashar al-Assad to enter into peace negotiationsThe United States is lobbying European governments to back a British-led call to amend the EU arms embargo on Syria to put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad to enter into talks with the opposition.John Kerry, the US secretary of state, has been urging...
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Foreign Policy
How to lose a foreign policy debate that you could win
As someone who is pretty friggin' wary about the use of American force in Syria, and as someone who does not shy away from snark in the blogosphere, I found Steve Walt's top ten warning signs of liberal imperialism to more alienating than endearing.
Part of it is the "liberal imperialism" label -- as I noted when Mearsheimer first coined the term, it obfuscates far...
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Foreign Policy
Morning Brief: Rafsanjani, Mashaei banned from presidential bid in Iran
Rafsanjani, Mashaei banned from presidential bid in Iran
Top news: A governing body of the Iranian government issued its list of approved presidential candidates and excluded two leading contenders -- Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei -- a decision that all but guarantees that the next Iranian president will be drawn from a conservatives...
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The Guardian
How to spot a swivel-eyed loon
A beginner's guide to this increasingly vocal speciesMany species native to Britain are in sharp decline, but the swivel-eyed loon (Gavia articulata oculos) has recently seen a marked increase in numbers, although the rise in sightings could simply be down to better reporting. But how would you know one if you saw one? For the novice, we present a loon-spotter's...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Councilman Garcetti opens growing lead in race for Los Angeles mayor
Two liberal Democrats, once allies on City Council, spent record sums vying for the highest office of America’s second-largest city
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Telegraph
First openly gay Church of Scotland minister welcomes decision to allow homosexual and lesbian ministers
THE first openly homosexual clergyman appointed by the Church of Scotland has welcomed a vote by the Kirk that could see liberal parishes choosing gay men and women as their ministers.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Back from break, opposition leaders tackle Tories over Senate spending
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was in Jamaica last week for downtime with his family, while NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair rested in his home province of Quebec for the long weekend
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Senators debate expenses ‘crisis’ late into night
‘We will let the committee do its work and I’m quite confident they will do it properly,’ said Marjory LeBreton, Government Leader in the Senate, in response to skepticism from the Liberal opposition
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TechCrunch
The Former Flickr Employee Guide To Tumblr Yahoo Survival
Editor's note: Kakul Srivastava is CEO and co-founder of Tomfoolery, Inc. She was General Manager for Flickr from 2004 - 2009 and helped the product grow from 37,000 users to over 60 million. Simon Batistoni is VP of Platform and co-founder of Tomfoolery, Inc. He joined Flickr in 2006 as the engineering lead for internationalization.
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The Guardian
Nick Clegg to tell off Tory backbenchers for 'game-playing'
Lib Dem leader is likely to infuriate Conservative rebels with speech insisting coalition will last until 2015Nick Clegg will infuriate David Cameron's restive backbenchers on Wednesday by insisting he will not allow the coalition to be broken up early and telling them it is time to get back to governing from the centre, and end the game-playing at Westminster.His reading...
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Reuters
Los Angeles voters choose from two Democrats for mayor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters in Los Angeles went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election between two liberal Democrats seeking to lead America's second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Mulcair, Trudeau hammer Tories over Duffy scandal
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird was barraged with questions over the $90,000 paid to Sen. Mike Duffy. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is accusing the government of only caring that the scandal was uncovered
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Huffington Post
Rick Steves: Ramallah, Palestine's De Facto Capital
Ramallah is the boom town of the West Bank. As, bit by bit (under the settlement policy of Israel), the likelihood of East Jerusalem being...
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Foreign Policy
Stop trying to make the next Silicon Valley happen. It's not going to happen!
Since I was a young boy studying global political economy armed with little but an Economist subscription and a smile, I've noticed that, at some point, every country and their neighbor tries to do something to create their own Silicon Valley. Whether it's Great Britain, China, France, Brazil, or even North Korea, it seems as though every country in the world...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Horwath to support Liberal budget, averting spring Ontario election
NDP Leader pointed to the numerous concessions Premier Kathleen Wynne L gave the party to secure its support
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Small business played big part in B.C. Liberal victory
Small business owners can’t afford to risk political change if the economic change that comes with it also affects their business, livelihoods, income, family and employees
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Huffington Post
American Bridge, Top Liberal SuperPAC, Had Secret Ties To Bain Capital
A top liberal SuperPAC in the 2012 election had undisclosed financial ties to the private equity firm Bain Capital — something that some people close to the group say interfered with its core mission of attacking Bain veteran Mitt Romney’s business record.Read More...More on Mitt Romney
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AP
O'Malley using agenda, fundraising to explore 2016
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- His latest legislative achievements put him in the vanguard of his party's liberal base. He's been a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama. And he's ramping up his travel to help fellow Democrats around the country....
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Daily Mail
Britain's youngest mayor: Man chooses father to accompany him on duty
20-year-old Liberal Demoncrat councillor Joe Harris chose his 47-year-old father to be hid deputy when he was elected Mayor of Cirencester, Gloucestershire, earlier this month.
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ElPais
El ‘delfín’ se desmarca otra vez de la doctrina de Aguirre
González rechaza las primarias en el PP que propone su mentora
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ElPais
Putin podría sustituir a Medvédev si la crisis económica se agrava
El exministro de Finanzas Leonid Kudrin critica al Gobierno y se perfila como posible alternativa
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The Guardian
Gay marriage bill: Labour to table new amendment on civil partnerships
Yvette Cooper says Labour will put forward its own amendment after issue of civil partnerships threatens to derail billThe Labour leadership has moved to save the equal marriage bill by tabling its own amendment on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples – the area that had threatened to derail the entire measure.Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, said Labour...
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Times LIVE
Vandals attack Israel's Women of the Wall
Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship.
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Daily Mail
Conservative senator, liberal broadcaster are the latest voices to call for Obama's attorney general to get the axe
It's past time for him to go,'Texas Sen. John Cornyn said of AG Eric Holder, while radio host Bill Press cites 'chasing the AP over phone records, as the last straw. Journalist David Shuster and left-wing ideologue Keith Olbermann have previously called for Holder's ouster,
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The righteous anger of young men
Remember Achilles? We need to convert such indignation to the service of a view of justice that’s sane and reasonable – in our world, liberal democracy
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The Guardian
Gay marriage bill at risk of collapse, Downing Street warns
Maria Miller warns Tories against 'wrecking' amendment on heterosexual civil partnershipsMaria Miller, the equalities minister, has warned that the entire gay marriage bill will be at risk of collapse if Tory opponents join forces with Labour MPs to vote in favour of granting civil partnerships to heterosexual couples.In the strongest indication yet that Downing Street...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. Liberal rhetoric prevents NDP victory
Liberals turned campaign into referendum on perils of electing ‘socialists,’ rather than their spotty record
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Christy Clark’s hard-hat tour a promise of fiscal might
Liberal campaign successfully exploited voters’ distrust of NDP fiscal record to cement majority
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Huffington Post
British PM David Cameron 'Losing Control Of His Party,' Says Fellow Conservative Geoffrey Howe
By Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is "losing control of his party", Conservative Party grandee Geoffrey Howe said on Sunday, as a row raged over whether a close aide to Cameron had labelled grassroots activists "mad, swivel-eyed loons". The furore threatens to further alienate Cameron and...
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The Guardian
Government pleads with Labour to save gay marriage bill
Tory rebellion on amendment to grant civil partnerships to heterosexual couples will 'cost £4bn and take two years'Downing Street issued a stark warning that the bill to legalise gay marriage will run into grave trouble – and cost the taxpayer an extra £4bn – if the Labour party joins forces with Tory opponents to vote in favour of granting civil partnerships to...
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Telegraph
David Cameron: we will face new circumstances if Coalition breaks up
David Cameron has admitted Coalition could break up before the next election amid growing speculation the Liberal Democrats could leave early.
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Daily Mail
MP attacks head of Hacked Off for 'acting to stifle free speech during his legal career by bringing injunctions for Giggs and Goodwin'
Liberal Democrat John Hemming has condemned Hugh Tomlinson QC (pictured), the barrister who has led Hacked Off's call for state-backed regulation of the press, for his role in bringing legal injunctions on behalf of footballer Ryan Giggs and banker Fred Goodwin.
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Los Angeles Times
Do Obama's small biceps explain his liberal politics?
Here’s a scientific news flash about our recent presidential election: You could assume that President Obama was more kindly disposed to redistribution of wealth than Mitt Romney just by looking at them.
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The Guardian
Tory party out of control over Europe, says Lord Howe
Former chancellor launches scathing attack on David Cameron and says Euroscepticism is 'infecting party soul'Lord Howe, the former Conservative chancellor who triggered the downfall of Margaret Thatcher, has launched a scathing attack on the prime minister, accusing him of running scared of his backbenchers and endangering Britain's future in Europe.The Tory grandee says...
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Los Angeles Times
Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
A look at the data suggests that at graduation ceremonies on U.S. college and university campuses, it's liberals only.We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans.
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ElPais
El biógrafo de Keynes arremete contra una austeridad que "sangra" a España
Las políticas de austeridad están "sangrando" a España para intentar que recupere la salud, medicina que podría resultar fatal según el profesor Robert Skidelsky, que acaba de publicar en castellano "la biografía definitiva del economista más influyente de nuestro tiempo": John Maynard Keynes.
"Keynes propondría dar vitaminas al paciente, no sangrarlo", asegura...
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ElPais
¿Quién gobierna?
Juraría que ninguna idea distrae al presidente mientras contempla las tareas de gobierno, quiero decir, de demolición
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ElPais
La peste
Con "Baby Bum", Polipoètics vienen a recordarnos que estamos hechos de carne, hueso y Transición
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ElPais
Un liderazgo muy sólido
Ya sea aduciendo peregrinas desavenencias o sacando a relucir el deformado esperpento del tripartito, las hostilidades contra Compromís no cesarán
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Huffington Post
Heather Roff: Frost's Liberal Case for Drones or Wishful Thinking?
If this were a human soldier, with all of his moral failings, we'd point the finger at him and prosecute him. We'd blame him. But how do you blame a machine?
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The Guardian
1,000 pupils and rising – primary schools go supersize
Number of primary schools with more than 1,000 pupils has risen by 60% in past three yearThe number of supersize primary schools – some of which have more than 1,000 pupils – has soared by 60% in three years, triggering a fierce debate among educationists about whether tens of thousands of young children are getting the attention they need.Department for Education...
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The Guardian
Lib Dem minister urges coalition to carry out plain cigarette packet plan
Norman Lamb will argue the case to stick to policy but Tory MPs say David Cameron has been persuaded to drop itA health minister has urged the coalition to press ahead with forcing cigarettes to be sold in plain packets to reduce sales, despite the plan being dropped from the Queen's speech because of unease in Downing Street.Norman Lamb, a Liberal Democrat, has urged...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Kiboshed Toronto casino Kathleen Wynne's best hope of restoring Liberal majority
Very few people would vote for a government because it brought them a casino; a good number, believing the casino would be destructive to their community, would vote against the government for that reason
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The Guardian
Beleaguered Obama looks to fight back as critics ask: is he a lame duck already?
IRS, AP, Benghazi … this past week, the president has been forced to confront a series of damaging scandals that could derail his second term before it has really begunIt is not a comparison that many people thought would ever get much traction.But, assailed this week by multiple scandals and at the mercy of a furious press, President Obama has endured a legion of pundits...
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ElPais
Legacy
It was the Popular Party that fuelled the property bubble
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Telegraph
Coalition minister claims he can see 'green shoots' of recovery
Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat energy secretary, has become the first Coalition minister to say he can see the "green shoots" of economic recovery.
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Krone
Homosexuelle schildern in Studie ihre Situation
Erstmals in der Geschichte der EU wurde eine Studie in den 27 Mitgliedsstaaten inklusive Kroatien zur Situation von Lesben, Schwulen, Bisexuellen und Transgender-Personen (LGBT) durchgeführt, bei der die Betroffenen selbst zu Wort kamen. Von teils "schockierenden Ergebnissen" sprach der Niederländer Friso Roscam Abbing von der EU-Grundrechteagentur (FRA): So habe etwa...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Five leadership lessons from Christy Clark's surprise victory
Liberal leader displayed her leadership qualities during the B.C. election by being persistent, narrowing the focus and setting ambitious goals
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The Guardian
CBI chief John Cridland issues warning over European Union exit
Cridland rejects possibility of Norwegian-style deal as Tories show divisions over billThe head of Britain's most powerful employers' organisation today issues a blunt warning about the risks of quitting the European Union after the Conservative party signalled the beginning of a drawn-out parliamentary battle over plans for an in-out referendum by 2017.John Cridland,...
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ElPais
Identidades excluyentes
Cierto valencianismo ha hecho valer en la sociedad civil lo que le han negado las instituciones. Y el PP viene ahora de nuevo con la amenaza de la excomunión
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
MP Denis Coderre vows to fight corruption in Montreal mayoral bid
Federal Liberal MP says he would create new inspector-general position at city hall
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politico
Top talker: Women paid $600K less than men on K Street - Liberal nonprofit got the same IRS form - Things not to put in your FARA registration - Tracfone takes on Vitter |
Liberation
Hollande, un social-libéral (presque) assumé
Plus de marges pour les entreprises, moins de contraintes administratives, moins de dépenses publiques : le Président a consolidé ses orientations centristes en matière économique.
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Reuters
White says SEC not now writing political spending rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers on Thursday that her agency, despite pressure from liberal groups, is not currently drafting a rule that would call for public companies to disclose their political spending.
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FOX
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Daily Mail
Councillor claimed more than £10,000 in allowances while living with his new wife in the Philippines
Liberal Democrat Colin Payne has spent much of the two years since his election in 2011 in Manila with his Filipino bride Jackie who he met on holiday.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Montreal mayoral hopeful Denis Coderre casts self as corruption fighter
Federal Liberal MP says he would create new inspector-general position at city hall
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The Guardian
EU referendum bill to be put forward by Tory MP
No 10 confirms that Tory MPs will be instructed to vote for bill but will not have the support of their coalition partnersA drawn-out parliamentary battle over the holding of an EU referendum by 2017 is now in prospect after the Tory MP James Wharton came top of the private member's ballot and vowed to try to pilot such a bill on to the statute book.Downing Street confirmed...
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ElPais
Interior acuerda la expulsión de Ziani por difundir ideas salafistas
La orden para que deje España será cursada de forma "inminente". Las fuentes desvinculan la decisión del soberanismo
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Reuters
White to Republicans: SEC not writing political spending rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Despite a major push by liberal groups, federal securities regulators are not currently drafting a rule to require public companies to disclose their political spending, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White told lawmakers on Thursday.
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ElPais
Efecto mariposa o efecto polilla
Cada día que pasa resulta más evidente que nos encontramos ante una trampa de la liquidez del tamaño de la Antartida
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Telegraph
Tory MP taunts 'hypocrite' Nick Clegg over EU referendum
Conservative MP Edward Leigh brandishes an old Liberal Democrat leaflet featuring Mr Clegg calling for "a real referendum on Europe", and asks if the man pictured was "an imposter or just a hypocrite?"
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Focus on B.C. economy pays off for Christy Clark in a Liberal comeback for the ages
The Liberals made debt and the economy the two central issues – areas the broader electorate clearly did not have confidence the NDP could handle
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. election breakdown: see how NDP and Liberal support has shifted since 1996
Use our interactive to see how votes in ridings across British Columbia have swung
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario strengthens regulation of private drug-mixing companies, hospital supply after chemo errors
The Liberal government has amended regulatory law to give the Ontario College of Pharmacists authority to inspect drug-preparation premises and stipulate where hospitals purchase their drugs.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Business community quietly hoped for B.C. Liberal victory
Industry was wary about the prospect of an NDP government and what kind of impact that would have on business in the province
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
What happens now that Christy Clark won the election but lost her own riding?
Ms. Clark returned the Liberal Party to office in British Columbia Tuesday night but voters in her own riding shunned her
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. Liberal victory no surprise for Clark
Premier-elect says polls don’t say how people will vote, will wait until official results before choosing where to run in a by-election
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
How Christy Clark used B.C.’s lagging economy to win re-election
The British Columbia premier’s Liberal party won an unlikely re-election by campaigning on the economy – at a time when the province’s economic performance looks more like a political liability than a strength
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The Guardian
Cameron snubbed by 114 Tory MPs over absence of EU poll in Queen's speech
Eurosceptic backbenchers show solidarity over speech omission, leaving aides to deny blow to PM's authorityTory Eurosceptics have put on their biggest show of strength, rejecting pleas to show trust in the prime minister, with 114 Conservative MPs voting to regret the absence of an in-out referendum bill in the Queen's speech.David Cameron's aides insisted the vote was...
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ElPais
Un centenar largo de rebeldes evidencian la debilidad de Cameron
La crisis sobre la Unión Europea llega al seno de la coalición británica con un intercambio de ataques por el referéndum
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The Guardian
Cameron berates Clegg over EU policy
PM promotes 'clear Tory policy' of reform and referendum, saying Clegg, Miliband and others have heads in the sandDavid Cameron has criticised Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband over Europe, saying they are sticking their heads in the sand by claiming Britain should accept everything that emerges from the EU.Speaking a few hours before a key vote in the Commons on Europe, and...
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The Guardian
Amazon paid £3m tax on £4bn UK sales
Online retailer's tax charge brings to £6m the total corporation tax raised from Amazon.co.uk in a decadeAmazon's main UK subsidiary paid just £3.2m in tax last year, according to accounts filed on Wednesday, despite overall UK sales of £4.2bn.Amazon's taxes for last year are only marginally higher than the £2.5m the company received in government grants during the...
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The Guardian
Nick Clegg shifts ground over EU referendum
Liberal Democrat leader says it is matter of 'when, not if' plebiscite on UK's future relations with EU will be heldNick Clegg has shifted ground over a referendum on Britain's future relations with the European Union, saying it was a matter of "when, not if".It is the first time he has been so definite that the negotiations over a new structure for the EU will lead to...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Business community quietly hoped for Liberal victory
Industry was wary about the prospect of an NDP government and what kind of impact that would have on business in the province
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Quebec’s Liberal ‘rebirth’ is just a PQ fade
The Liberals’ current clout is essentially due to the Parti Québécois’s appalling unpopularity
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark's victory speech
B.C. Premier Christy Clark says opinion polls don't chose governments -- the voters do. In her victory speech after the Liberal's surprise election win, Clark said her party will honour what voters have bestowed on them.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Despite Liberal win, B.C.’s stand on pipelines still unanswered
At stake is the B.C. government’s position on Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and Kinder Morgan’s plans to twin its Trans Mountain pipeline
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Foreign Policy
A Liberal Case for Drones - By Joshua Foust
Why human rights advocates should stop worrying about the phantom fear of autonomy.
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USA Today
IRS gave liberals a pass; Tea Party groups put on hold
Tea Party groups mired in red tape as liberal groups easily get tax-exempt status.
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The Guardian
Grant Shapps pushes Clegg to back 'in-out' EU referendum bill
Tories step up pressure on Lib Dems to agree to draft bill citing 'hypocrisy' of party's abandoned 2010 pledge The dispute about Europe intensified on Tuesday as the Conservative party co‑chairman Grant Shapps challenged Nick Clegg to show courage and back a draft in/out EU referendum bill, accusing the Liberal Democrats of "complete disdain" for the...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Photos: Party leaders and other scenes from B.C. election day
Party leaders, including Liberal Christy Clark, New Democrat Adrian Dix and Green Jane Sterk campaign around British Columbia on the day the province votes.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Live map: Riding-by-riding B.C. election results
Follow along after 8 p.m. PT as the electoral fates of B.C. Liberal Leader Christy Clark, B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix, B.C. Green Leader Jane Sterk and B.C. Conservative Leader John Cummins are decided and a new British Columbia government is elected. To use the map, hover your mouse over a riding or click the list icon at top right for a full list of ridings.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Senator Patrick Brazeau will fight order to repay $48,000 in expenses
The independent former Conservative senator issued his first statement since last week’s release of audit reports and committee reports on living expenses claimed by Mr. Brazeau, former Liberal Senator Mac Harb and Conservative Senator Mike Duffy
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Photos: Adrian Dix, Christy Clark and other leaders campaign on B.C. election day
Party leaders, including Liberal Christy Clark, New Democrat Adrian Dix and Green Jane Sterk campaign around British Columbia on the day the province votes.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Liberal elected in Labrador byelection will hurt relations with Ottawa: premier
Premier Kathy Dunderdale says she respects the choice of Labrador voters, but losing the province’s only Conservative MP in Monday’s byelection won’t help relations with Ottawa
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The Guardian
BP and Shell raided in oil price-rigging investigation
European commission carries out 'unannounced inspections' to investigate claims oil companies colluded to manipulate pricesThe London offices of BP and Shell have been raided by European regulators investigating allegations they have "colluded" to rig oil prices for more than a decade.The European commission said its officers carried out "unannounced inspections" at several...
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The Guardian
Austria says UK push to arm Syrian rebels would violate international law
Forceful Austrian position signals deep EU divisions on Syria ahead of this month's embargo decision"Die Briten sind not amused," is how Die Presse reported it today. "The Brits are not amused." The Austrian foreign ministry circulated a discussion paper (known in Brussels jargon as a non-paper) among the EU member states yesterday forcefully rebutting British and French...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
What the Tories can learn from the Liberal by-election win in Labrador
Peter Penashue’s defeat in the Labrador by-election marked a confluence of politics and policy
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Only a judge can get to bottom of gas-plants scandal: Ontario Tories
Testifying at a legislative committee probing the cancellations, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak said Liberal government officials have obfuscated the truth
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New York Times
Editorial | White House Under Fire: White House Under Fire: It Condemns I.R.S. Audits
The I.R.S. should have scrutinized every group seeking a tax exemption for “social welfare” activity — Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal.
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BoingBoing
Game of Thrones S3E7: I am yours and you are mine
The song "The Bear and the Maiden Fair" that heralds the climax of this episode is about the comedy in unmatched relationships, in pairing yourself inappropriately in accordance with your station. Yet that's the theme of this episode -- love, silly love, in all of its sick permutations. Once again into the breach! In an [...]
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The Guardian
David Cameron denies EU referendum plan is panic reaction to Eurosceptics
Prime minister says his move towards an in/out referendum on EU membership shows he is master of his partyDavid Cameron has denied that he has been panicked into rushing forward a draft bill for an in/out referendum on Britain's EU membership in the hope of calming the Tory party on Europe.The draft bill provides for a referendum by 2017 on the question: "Do you think...
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New York Times
IHT Rendezvous: The New Case for Liberal Arts
The shift toward liberal arts programs at universities in Britain and the Netherlands portends a broader reexamination of what kind of education will best prepare students for a changing world.
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The Guardian
EU referendum: David Cameron's draft bill fails to quell Tory MPs' discontent
Rebel MPs say they will press ahead with amendment to Queen's speech and urge PM to face down Lib Dems over EUDavid Cameron's attempt to douse the Eurosceptic surge within the Conservative party by announcing he will publish a draft bill on an EU referendum appears to have failed to quell backbench discontent over Europe.Rebel MPs said they would press ahead with an amendment...
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AP
China tightens grip on discourse, ideology
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities have shut down or frozen the microblog accounts of several prominent liberal intellectuals and harassed rights lawyers lobbying against unofficial "black jails," underlining the determination of the country's new leadership to control dissent even as it vows to root out corruption....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
NDP holds strong lead despite nasty Liberal campaign
If B.C. votes the way polls suggest it will, the province could be facing a new battle with both Ottawa and Alberta
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New York Times
Editorial: White House Under Fire: It Condemns I.R.S. Audits
The I.R.S. should have scrutinized every group seeking a tax exemption for “social welfare” activity — Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal.
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