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| Managing expectations |
| New Labour, the New River, the queen and the raja |
| With Gordon Brown gone, six people have declared themselves candidates in the contest to elect a new Labour leader. One is a black woman, Diane Abbott. Another is avowedly left wing, John McDonnell. Neither stands any chance of winning. The next Labo... |
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| Long wait |
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Sir — For people like Afzal Guru, having to spend years on death row is probably worse than being h ... |
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| Peace matters |
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Sir — The landmark ruling by the Supreme Court, which ended possibly the longest and the most bitte ... |
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| Empty threat |
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Sir — The United States of America’s threat to Pakistan over the issue of terrorism is a damp squib ... |
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| Erratum |
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The editorial, “Real is the rational” (June 5), mentioned that the last assembly elections in Wes ... |
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| THE LOTUS EATERS |
| According to an old saying, the past is a different country, they do things differently there. The words, “the past”, could e...|
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There you are you see, quite simple. If you cannot have your dear husband for a comfort and a delight, for a breadwinner and a crosspatch, for a sofa, chair or a hot-water bottle, one can use him as a Cross to be Borne.
— STEVIE SMITH
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